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The loft level includes a sitting area and a bedroom/office that serves as a quiet space for Julie, a psychologist, who often works from home.

Bucking the trend to tear such buildings down, Julie Anderson and Amy Dantzler worked with architect Bryan Libit to preserve a 1960s A-frame in Manhattan Beach. The home, with its original stained-glass panels and balcony design, is now listed as a historic landmark in the city.

The sky blue stair was inspired by one of Miriam’s childhood memories. “We used to stay in a cottage with a blue staircase and I remember painting them with my dad,” she recalls. “There was always this sense that the blue stairs brought happiness. It’s also a bit of a revolt against the ‘beige on beige’ trend.”

“The materiality is very considered,” says Simon. “We used brick, flint, timber, and the cladding is all Sycamore timber like the surrounding forest. It feels like everything relates back to the landscape.”

A custom vanity and medicine cabinets lines the wall, and a pocket door leads to the walk-in closet.

The couple worked with Seattle-based firm SHED Architecture + Design on a remodel. At the front door the glass clerestory and sidelite were kept, but the solid door swapped out for a transparent one.

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