A Designer Peels Back Layers of Linoleum and Shag Carpet to Rescue a ’60s A-Frame

This Donner Lake cabin by Holly Snow Hollenbeck makes the grade with swervy furniture, clever built-ins, and terrazzo galore.
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Whenever Holly Snow Hollenbeck, principal designer of HSH Interiors, set off to the rim of Donner Lake in Northern California with her family, she would seek out a classic A-frame to house the bunch. "I rented them whenever we traveled to the Lake Tahoe area on the weekends," she says. "My real estate agent called me when this one came on the market, as it was a vintage property built in 1962." 

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Kelly Dawson
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