A section of the facade—a cross between a shoji screen and a barn door—slides open. Planter boxes contain edible varieties that fuel Mary’s culinary explorations.
The house incorporates a variety of wood finishes, all in the same general color palette: unfinished ipe for the pool terrace, Douglas fir for the trellis and windows, and stained cypress for the siding mixed in with the exterior’s original redwood.
A pair of mid-century Martz lamps flank the Parsons bed from Room & Board in the master bedroom.
"There's a sort of peacefulness that envelops you," says Sam Ferris of the house he grew up in, shown in 1955.