Alice Cottrell Interior Design | Rick Rozas Design Photo Credit: Stephen Karlisch

This space started out as a 2 car garage! The large garage door openings were replaced with Nana folding doors to create the indoor / outdoor flow to planned courtyard and adjacent guesthouse. An additional Nana door was added to the front side to open up the corner and take advantage of the sweeping vineyard views and new swimming pool. The garage had challenging spatial limitations due to existing structural and plumbing. We had to negotiate around these items in our space planning to keep things respectful of budget. Zeitgeist transformed this garage into 4 unique living zones (kids area / guest nook / music / afromosia lounge) to work both independently and collectively for the family and numerous weekend guests. Bringing the outdoors in through these expansive Nana doors which virtually disappear as they fold out of the way, was key to connecting the living space with the adjacent courtyard. Across this shared court, identical flooring materials flow seamlessly in and out from the main living space to the new pool house and guest quarters aiding to the indoor / outdoor sensibility and the special sense of place. While the client's are city dwellers during the week with modern urban aesthetics, as their country retreat, they definitely wanted a more earthy, relaxed character fitting into the Sonoma County lifestyle. We kept things fresh, simple and in the zeitgeist by using many natural materials, with the interest coming from texture and beautiful forms. We integrated oiled oak floors with afromosia hand scrapped wall paneling, teak cabinetry and several custom walnut furnishings. The wall finish (where not afromosia) is a hand trowled natural pigment also by a local artisan. Vern Nelson, photography

Penthouse entry, custom millwork suite Adams + Beasley Associates, Custom Builders : Photo by Eric Roth : Interior Design by Lewis Interiors

Photo: Corynne Pless © 2013 Houzz

Melissa Day

Susie Soleimani Photography

Werner Straube

Interior Design by Tucker & Marks: http://www.tuckerandmarks.com/ Photograph by Matthew Millman

Photo credit: Michele Scotto | Sequined Asphault Studio

The handsomely crafted porch extends the living area of the home’s den by 250 square feet and includes a wood burning fireplace faced with stone. The Chilton stone on the fireplace matches the stone of an existing retaining wall on the site. The exposed beams, posts and 2” bevel siding are clear cedar and lightly stained to highlight the natural grain of the wood. The existing bluestone patio pavers were taken up, stored on site during construction and reconfigured for paths from the house around the porch and to the garage. Featured in Better Homes & Gardens and the Southwest Journal. Photography by John Reed Foresman.

Family room with casual feel and earth tones. Beige sofas and chairs with wooden coffee table and cabinets. Designed and styled by Shirry Dolgin.

The Family living in this former show home in an exclusive golf course community needed to grow the home to better suit their lifestyle. With an addition, I pay close attention to the period style of the original home and feel it should reflect those features. This detached addition echoes the antebellum design of the original home and that typical of an out building of that region. The material palette of stone foundation, lap board siding and metal roof, reinforce that decision. The Kitchen / Living Area and loft share a vaulted ceiling that serves as a canvas continually changing as the sun moves across the sky casting various rays and colors of light throughout the day.

In this restoration, the kitchen was relocated into what had been the formal dining room.