Barn Home

A departure from our typical flat-roofed designs, this midcentury renovation in Santa Monica for a young family of three was an exercise in channeling their vision of a modern farmhouse in reference to the expansive, soaring estates found in California’s Wine Country: Think gabled standing seam metal roofs, limestone floors, olive trees, and a gravel yard. Our goal was to simultaneously create the ultimate indoor/outdoor experience. To address the existing home’s compartmentalized interiors, which had little connection to the land, we opened the floor plan, created vaulted ceilings, and added generous floor-to-ceiling glass sliders and windows at the front and rear. Gable roofs and wood cladding express a rustic warmth while clean lines throughout feel modern and minimalist.