Case Study Three:

San Carlos Ave., Sausalito

Kitchen with wooden cabinets, granite countertops, a stainless steel stove, and a decorative range hood.

Pool-Garden

Exterior view of a white house with black-framed windows, French door, and a balcony with white railing, surrounded by trees.

Patio

A kitchen with wooden cabinets, granite countertops, a stove with a white range hood, and a door with multiple glass panes leading outside, with natural light coming through the window.

Kitchen

Kitchen

Sunlit living room with large windows, a white sofa with pillows, a black chair with a towel, a portrait on an easel, and a patterned area rug.

New Conservatory/Living Room

Several years later, when the owners moved away, their home sold for more than 300% of its total Cost. That sale yielded the seller the highest price per square foot of any home in Marin County so far. The buyer was the renowned author, Amy Tan.

A large white house with multiple stories and black shutters, surrounded by trees and greenery, with sunlight casting shadows on the facade.

Front

Our design expanded the building sensitively by creating additions for a new large Living Room/Conservatory and an additional Bedroom and Bath, a Foyer and a Garage, all while maintaining and enhancing the traditional Colonial Style Exterior. We also redesigned the interiors with better lighting, finishes, details and a dazzling Kitchen.

A white house with large black-framed windows, surrounded by trees and flowering bushes, with a swimming pool partially visible at the bottom of the image.

The new owners of this 19th Century, bay view home in Sausalito loved the “Banana Belt” location, the views and the landscaped grounds, but they found the interior cramped and dismal. The Living Room was little more than a hallway and there were only two bedrooms.