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ith an eye-catching exterior of pale taupe clapboard and
speckled brick, the house sports a traditional facade,
though abundant midnight-blue trim hints at its modern
pedigree. Once inside, one is met with the current-day staples of
upmarket home design—from a sunny open floorplan to a thoughtful
menagerie of exclusive finishes.
"We talked through the design being something that would be East
Coast and elegant, but at the same time, be a bit more California
and fresh," says Erin Zajac of ET2Design, who designed the interior.
Working as a team, along with developer and builder Larry Johnson,
architect Buchmann and Edoardo Taroni, also of ET2 Design, who
designed the exterior, Zajac planned the finishes while the home was in
the process of being built. "Materials are a very important part of how
we experience architecture," says Buchmann, "but often, the materials
are applied to the space after it is designed—as an afterthought."
e execution of the home is a study in meticulous planning. "I bought
the previous home and lived in it for three years before I built the
new home," says Johnson, "so I could learn about the neighborhood,
and see what house would work and be a beautiful addition to it.
Also, I was able to take my time choosing the people I wanted to
"It's a transitional Colonial that has been adapted to the Southern California
coastal lifestyle," says architect Brett Buchmann, summing up his new project,
a 4,000-square-foot home on a tree-lined corner lot in Palos Verdes Estates.
