The Homemakers

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The living room has a Dadone sofa by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia and a Safari chair by Arne Norell.

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The master bedroom features a Case Study bed from Modernica.

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Devis works in the kitchen.

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Purdy, Eva Luna, and Simon play cards under a Louvre Light by Established & Sons.

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The cork stairs with a rope railing lead down to the kids’ level.

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Simon and Eva Luna play in front of a wall covered in Daks wallpaper from Walnut.

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The pair’s art covers a cork wall where Eva Luna reads in a vintage Danish lounge chair.

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The first thing landscape designer Laura Cooper asked Devis and Purdy was to recall childhood gardens and outdoor play. In that spirit, she designed their backyard, integrating the high ground with the low just outside the “kids’ wing.” The resulting series of outdoor rooms on this quarter-acre is full of memory and play.

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Near the house, Cooper clustered lush, big-leafed plants philodendron, purple heart, and flowering canna. Farther out, vegetable gardens sprout in raised beds, and thyme and mint thrive beneath citrus trees. Native California silver wild rye and matilija poppies bind the slope, bordering the low “snake wall” that winds around the yard, narrowly ducking beneath a big ficus tree with just enough clearance for a sprinting kid. Wide stadium steps connect the garden levels, turning the steep hillside into amphitheater seating.

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Some 35 percent of the materials from the renovation were resurrected in the yard: Redwood panels became fencing. Blocks cut from original concrete patios form the snake wall. And Purdy plans to crochet colorful cozies over various branches and stumps.

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The floor plan.

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