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Level Up Your Home

 

Home decorating and remodeling trends are alluring to us all. Residential improvement fills our minds with enticing projects and grandiose ideas of what we can do ourselves in our spare lockdown time! Luckily the start of a new year is one of the most popular times for every magazine and news outlet to share what’s trending! Here is a summary of what we found this month.

Suzanne Tucker Quote

Front porch with chairs
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Social Front Yards
Social Distance catch-ups are much more pleasant if an “In an effort to maximize your property and feel more connected to neighbors, social front yards will continue to be a priority,” Tilly Design’s forecast notes. Look out for porch swings, more oversized porches, and bistro-style seating in your neighbors front yard!

 

Outdoor kitchen and entertaining space
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Amped-up Indoor-Outdoor living spaces.
Highlighting a more natural flow between inside and outside living continues to trend high on homeowners’ wish lists. Large sliding or folding glass doors, drop-down screens on the porch, outdoor heating lamps, and outdoor fire pits are all likely must have’s in 2021.

 

Multi-Seasonal View

Intensifying seasonal views.
There is nothing like looking outside, only to see a few leaves on a tree. Homeowners are improving their views year-round by adding outside focal points that combine evergreens, perennials, and ornamental grasses to showcase greenery all year round.

Residential raised garden beds
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Gardening spots.
Similar to the wave of sourdough starters during the pandemic, many people are returning to the simple life and growing gardens for enjoyment and food production. “Even in small areas, vertical outdoor gardens can not only serve as a great hobby but also as a statement piece, Tilly Design’s report notes. Veggies, fruit, and herb gardens are in high demand.”

 

She Shed
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Prefabricated flex sheds
The “she shed” on tilt. Once used to store garden tools and boxes of memorabilia, sheds are now utilized as accessory dwelling units for returning grown children, renters, or quiet work-from-home quarters.

 

Family zoom on TV
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Video conferencing living rooms.
Modern times have created the need for dedicated zoom space! With so many meetings, classes, weddings, showers, and even funerals happening virtually, seeing and hearing everyone on a small screen is challenging. Homeowners are now adjusting their home entertainment centers to double as a home video conferencing hub.

Warmer color palettes.
We always like to keep up-to-date on the latest paint colors; 2021 is no different! Homeowners are moving away from grays to a warmer, cleaner palette such as Sherwin-Williams’ “Shoji White,” “Sea Salt,” “Breathless,” or “Unfussy Beige.”

Finishing up our trendy home tour, you must check out the latest in custom appliance trends and high-end finishes making their way into 2021 homes. These can be found in Barbara Ballinger from Realtor Magazine’s latest article, A Myriad of Home Trends to Gain Momentum in 2021.

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“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden”

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“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

 

I was reminded of this quote from the Secret Garden while showing our listing on Dupont Road in Sebastopol.  The book, A Secret Garden, was a favorite childhood book of mine that still evokes romantic and calming thoughts when I think about the story of the courageous, strong willed and charming young girl that created a new world for those around her.

Just as with Mary’s garden at Misselthwaite Manor, Dupont Road (Sunrise Ridge Gardens) brings a feeling that immediately calms your nerves, transports your senses, and fills your heart with wonder. Learn more about this incredible home and grounds and let’s see if we can find a Secret Garden for you.

High on an East-facing ridge in West Sonoma County sits this magical home designed by renowned architect and design theorist, Christopher Alexander.  Located minutes from the Sonoma County Airport and Bohemian Grove and within 15 minutes to the coast, award-winning wineries, restaurants, shops and local amenities, the property is ideally suited for a weekend getaway or full time residence. Vast, sweeping views of the adjacent 100± vineyards, redwood forests, the Sonoma Plain and Mayacama mountains frame this majestic home and capture your heart.  Mature landscaping, multiple gardens, raised beds, heirloom stone fruit orchard, a citrus grove, lavender fields and an existing highly rated VRBO Cottage live in perfect harmony with the romantic setting of the property.

Alexander’s creation used passive solar design, thick walls made from shot-crete, and recycled, sustainable materials are also used as much as possible.  The idea of taking these recycled materials and creating something completely unique and original with them is one that Alexander exudes.  You will be in awe of the exquisite architecture and attention to detail of each room. Experience a warm embrace of artistic distinctions of profound beauty.

In this home, the wood floors in the living room are constructed using recycled mahogany from crates originally used by the company Sunkist to bring tuna to California at the turn of the 20th century, and the upstairs floors are made from old-growth redwood from chicken coops in Petaluma.  The stunning kitchen cabinets in the gourmet kitchen and the stairway are made from a sustainable form of eucalyptus, and the redwood used on the outside of the office wing was recycled from an old farmhouse built in the 1880’s.  Many of the other floors are acid-etched concrete with radiant heat. 

Sunrise Gardens calls home to hundreds of lavender plants, fruit trees and flowers. A permaculture and biodynamic designed certified organic garden includes heirloom a stone fruit orchard, citrus grove and lavender fields.  Also included are perennials and cutting garden with blossoms almost year round. Substantial raised beds for vegetables and herbs and many hidden nooks and crannies to relax and enjoy the outdoors.

Underlying the landscape is a carefully designed series of swales and channels that minimize erosion and maximize percolation of runoff into the groundwater.  A pond on the south each part of the property acts as a settling pond before water runs into the headwaters of Atascadero Creek which is being restored for salmon habitat and serves as backup irrigation in the gardens. Every detail for running, maintaining and enjoying the grounds, gardens and landscaping have been designed and installed for ease and sustainability.

Retreat to the heart of the Sonoma Wine Country and come find your own Secret Garden to cherish.

Call us today for a private tour.

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Sebastopol, CA 95472



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