Favorites

Molly has her design studio in the garage, which is one use Responsive Homes founder Michael Tessler envisioned when he was forced by the city to include space for two cars in the home’s plan.

Molly’s dog, Bear, curls up on an Armadillo jute runner next to vintage stools that came from a Japanese restaurant that was closing.

When Molly moved in, the kitchen already had cabinets, made of shamel ash from Angel City Lumber and topped with counters in terrazzo that Responsive Homes made using sediment from the Los Angeles River. She added an island to create “some separation of space,” she says, as well as open shelving.

Floor Plan of Adelaide by Profile + Principle

A creek-side sauna and hot tub round out the amenities at Snow.

The cabin was the first structure he built and exhibits some of the features seen elsewhere, like the tin roof, clerestory windows, and use of pressure-treated lumber.

Floor plan of the Legend Two by Nestron

100 Parnassus Road was built in 1958 by Roger Lee. Current homeowner Christa Martin calls it “a love poem to the Berkeley Hills.”

The kitchen backsplash features geometric wall tiles from Wayfair, while floating, open shelves create a pleasing display of mini succulents.

The Ferry Building shop displays seasonal goods as well as items from some of Heath’s most popular collections. The backsplash is Heath dual glaze tile in tones of blue that creates a dynamic pattern and hints at the water that collects in the sink.

Open wooden shelving serve as an idyllic spot to display special kitchen gadgets and trinkets.

Stacey and Doug prepare food before the kitchen's massive wall of soothing tile from Heath Ceramics.

This kitchen, from the 2015 Sunset Idea House, features a pattern of blue & turquoise tiles from the back wall all the way to the kitchen floor.

The kitchen features custom casework by Peter Doolittle, dark-green slate countertops from Hamilton-Schwarzhoff, and a Heath Ceramics backsplash.

The light-filled kitchen space. Cle tiles are used as backsplash, Ikea cabinets and Walnut butcher-block countertops make the working surfaces of the space.

The backsplash tiles were imported from American manufacturer Heath Ceramics, in the Chalk-Gunmetal finish from the Classic Field line.