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Jeff built an outdoor shower in the backyard. "At this point, we know when to hire someone and when we can do it ourselves,

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Rather than buying costly and heavy flagstone, Cándida and Jeff designed the floor in the primary bathroom with honed ceramic tiles from Stonepeak Ceramics that they broke themselves. "We then filed down the rough edges, decided where to place them, and had them set,

Kitchen area and its micro cement island.

Dining area and a view through the corridor.

Kitchen area and its micro cement central island.

Kitchen area and its relationship with the living room.

The exterior combines charred cedar siding, cedar beams, and black cement board siding. “Black may seem like an extreme choice sometimes,” says Howe. “It would be hard to imagine any other color though. It sits lovely in the woods. It falls into the shadows in the summer, under the canopy, and it blends with the dark tree trunks in the winter.”

Large slabs of slate were used throughout the home for flooring, adding a natural element.

Sonos speakers are wired throughout the house, complemented by Magico S3 standing speakers in the family room. The leather Lama lounger is by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for Zanotta.

Tom and Kate own the top two floors of the building. On the lower level, in the double-height foyer, Milo Baughman’s Recliner 74 is positioned beneath Rudi Double Loop pendants by Lukas Peet for Roll & Hill. The floor lamp is a custom piece that De Angelis Designs adapted from a vintage salon hood dryer.

Tom Conrad and Kate Imbach’s first bedroom redo creates as many problems as it alleviated, blocking their view of Noe Valley behind a wall, for instance. Their second attempt, shown here, opened up the balcony, which has a Frame lounge by Francesco Rota for Paola Lenti. A Grand Repos chair by Antonio Citterio for Vitra faces the bed.

To bring the outside in, walls of glass were added in places like the kitchen and master bedroom with the help of a company called Fleetwood Windows & Doors.

Sunlight from the leafy courtyard dapples the airy kitchen.

Here is a glimpse of the mesmerizing views the home frames of the surrounding Bay Area.

At night, opening the entire top floor is a breeze. Russell-Clarke and Moolsintong are even planning of rigging some kind of sail over the back patio for shade. The hot tub is by Roberts Hot Tubs.

A sitting area.