Tasteful Small Home Anywhere USA

About the Space

Featured in Architectural Digest in January 2025, the home is cozy, classic Americana. Features a wallpapered entry hall with paneled vestibule. Living room features French doors out to an expansive green back yard. Paneled fireplace wall with matching bookcases on either side. Dining has wallpaper and an old fashioned style passthrough with double sided glass door upper cabinets and walnut counter tops. Kitchen is very cozy New England style with a four-burner Wolf range, soapstone counters, casement windows over sink and side door leading to outdoors. Upper cabinets featuring both glass and paneled doors. Integrated Dacor refrigerator and and dedicated coffee/breakfast corner with pull out cutting board. Attached to the house is a studio/office space with a wall of contemporary bookcases and a vaulted ceiling with skylights. A vintage rolling library ladder leads up to a cozy loft with a bed. A planter full of lush, plants hanging over the edge give the loft a treehouse feel. Outdoor spaces include a side yard/driveway area with shingled and stucco walls that feel very New England. Potted boxwoods and a potting bench area with mature vines and stag horn fern. In the rear, the home features a wide back porch with seating and lots of plants. Just off the porch is an elevated gravel terrace with dining area (table seats 10) and shaded by tall 90 year old Liquid Amber tree. Wide, brick steps with a wide landing lead down to a large, lush green lawn. A mature orange tree on one side along with a small, shingled, Cape Cod style guest house/office with vaulted ceiling. Views looking back up toward the house includes views of the San Gabriel mountains.