Before & After: A Next-Level Revamp Elevates a Three-Story Hillside “Cabin”
35th Collective stitches up the plan of a Bay Area midcentury while sticking to its palette of wood, cork, and stone.
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According to local lore, this 1951 home in Sausalito, California, was first built as a summer cabin for a San Francisco resident. The city is only 25 minutes away, but it feels worlds apart from the hillside retreat, which opens up to far-reaching views of the San Francisco Bay. A stream trickles on the edge of the property, seals bark from the water below, and deer traipse through the surrounding trees.
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Melissa Dalton
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Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.