On the Market: Eichler Beauty in San Rafael

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Outdoor Month on Apartment Therapy seems like the perfect time to drool over some photos of yet another gorgeous Bay Area Eichler home. Many of the homes built by Joseph Eichler's company in the 1950s were designed to integrate indoor and outdoor living, with airy atriums, vast glass walls, and sliding doors. Case in point: this Lucas Valley bungalow that just went on the market. Even if you're not looking to buy, the photos are worth a good long covetous gaze...

This particular Eichler home was designed by Bay Area architect Claude Oakland. As you can see in the photos, it has undergone extensive renovation, but luckily the basic design and layout of the house is still intact. Original features that are desirable to current buyers, like radiant floor heating, have been updated.

Most of all, we love the glass walls and skylights, perfectly situated to take in an amazing view of the surrounding hills. Check out the rest of the photos here. The home is listed with Marin Modern Real Estate for $1.5 million.

(Via Design Milk)

(Images: Marin Modern Residential Real Estate)

Comments (14)

Well hello, gorgeous! I'd live there in a heartbeat. The house is great, but what really got me was the hilly views - swoon!

posted by Emily the Cat on June 3rd 2009 at 12:57pm
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Stunning. Are there water problems in homes with interior courtyards like this one?

posted by PhillyLass on June 3rd 2009 at 12:59pm
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I'm guessing the wooden ceilings were natural originally, shame they're painted now.

posted by stt64 on June 3rd 2009 at 1:17pm
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"Are there water problems in homes with interior courtyards like this one?"

not really, the slabs aren't poured in the interior "dirt" areas, so water is absorbed, or designed to run off in a particular direction.

otherwise, looks like someone had fun with HDR photography -- the dusk shots are captivating.

posted by redneckmodern on June 3rd 2009 at 1:21pm
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That was my first thought as well, stt64

posted by michpc on June 3rd 2009 at 2:15pm
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Beautiful!! I'm speechless.

posted by Lafferteezy on June 3rd 2009 at 2:18pm
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To bad it's a reno that stripped many of the styling details of the original house and that bathroom, while grand today was not what one would see in an eichler.

And all that mahagany wood paneling, gone, or painted over. I find a wall of the darker mahagony works well when paired with white walls for it adds warmth without darkening the room too much.

Nicely done but the price? out of this world.

posted by ciddyguy on June 3rd 2009 at 3:13pm
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Is Lucas Valley in San Rafael? Thought it was far north of there, Marinwood, Nicasio, on the way to Inverness and Pt. Reyes...

I say that because I think this house is in the heat belt on the other side of the hills from the coast. But otherwise it is a total stunner. Think I could live with the heat and the commute.

posted by Usbek de Perse on June 3rd 2009 at 3:18pm
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The thing about living on the East coast that I will never get over is that fact that I cannot own an Eichler. :(

posted by Kimber on June 3rd 2009 at 3:48pm
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I really like that little desk in picture 2 and 4, anyone know what it is? :)

posted by alexandre on June 3rd 2009 at 4:44pm
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Beautiful. And it can all be mine for a mere $1.5 million.

posted by taritac on June 3rd 2009 at 5:08pm
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Anyone know the name of that tall 'grass like' plant on the right of picture 1? (also seen in picture 4) any help would be greatly appriciated... :)

posted by Cristean on June 4th 2009 at 9:31am
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the tall grass plant is called horsetail or horsetail reed. You can see photos and a description of common plants utilized to landscape mid-century mod homes here: http://www.eichlerforsale.com/Landscaping_Eichler_Homes

posted by Marin Modern on June 4th 2009 at 11:38am
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Marin Modern,
Thank you sooo much. Wonderful website too. :)

posted by Cristean on June 4th 2009 at 12:16pm
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