An Outdoorsy Family’s Bay Area Midcentury Gets an Era-Defying Update

When Adam and Karyn Bechtel began renovating their 1960 home in Woodside, California, south of San Francisco, with architect Emily Jagoda, they had a mantra to guide their design decisions: Could be then, could be now. For the Bechtels and Jagoda, this meant that nothing too trendy should be added to the residence, but the home also shouldn’t be a time capsule.