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We designed the kitchen to be able to see straight into our living space, making it easy to watch the kids while preparing meals,” says Leah of the newly opened up living area.

Purchased from its original owner, the 1957 dwelling was reinvigorated, and turned into a space the family can call home for many years to come. “It’s been amazing to see new families buy in our neighborhood, and restore the homes back to their midcentury glory,” says Leah.

Light pours into the renovated kitchen from all directions, with the breezy natural palette transforming the room into a warm and inviting family space. After removing walls, the dated and mismatched floors became an eyesore, with Leah opting to replace them with Hakwood Engineered European Oak floors in ‘Aura,’ which run throughout the home.

“I fell in love with a green cement tile from Concrete Collaborative when we were starting to talk about the bathrooms,” says Leah of the brand’s ‘Laguna’ tile in Lichen, which covers the guest bathroom’s floor. “From there, we kept everything pretty minimal, letting the tile be the focal point.”

The new master bedroom includes a bay window protruding outward from the original facade, making a window seat that frames a view of shore pines and the dunes.

The living room's original 1940s pine ceiling and brick fireplace were preserved, but not the wood paneling from a 1970s renovation.

The old kitchen felt cramped because of its lowered ceilings, which were addressed in the subsequent renovation.

The old master bedroom still had its original 1940s Douglas fir panels, but also lacked light.

The homeowners love that their secret garden is now an extensions of their living space.

The kitchen countertop, by Granby Workshop, is formed from 70% reclaimed materials, hand-marbled to create unique surface patterns.

The kitchen color palette was influenced by the homeowners' love of early 20th-century paintings of domestic interiors, featuring deep hues in heavy traffic spaces, juxtaposed with lighter natural oak in the glass house.

"We spent a long time considering the thresholds between spaces to create a sequence of rooms where you can’t quite tell what is original and what has been altered. At the end of the journey you get the glazed dining area which is heavily influenced by Victorian greenhouses but clearly a modern intervention.

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The rooms exude clean lines with all built in furniture aside for a stool.

The intricate, speckled design of the vanity is paired with clean white walls and an illuminated circular mirror.