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of a bunch of people in your house, when you've been going back
and forth to the beach, it still looks great." Even the hardwood floors,
found throughout much of the residence, intentionally had wear on
them at the outset. "As you live in the house," he remarks, "if it does
change, it changes for the better."
Given this home's location, one imagines that much living will
take place here. While the house is quiet and nicely set back from the
street, there's near-instant access to both the beach and the activity
of Downtown, both two blocks away. "It's very walkable," says Caskey.
"You can put your car in the garage and walk or bike anywhere you
need to go. It's wonderful from that perspective." Set among one of
Southern California's most ideal coastal settings, this house provided
an excellent canvas for Clarke to execute on the second thing that
drove him on this project—which happens to be the thing that drives
him on all his projects. It's the idea of creating houses that transport
clients to an elevated and better state, each day, no matter the style
of the home. It's the feeling experienced when we've gotten away
from it all, in the best sense. "We live in a fabulous place," the inte-
rior designer explains. "So let's try to make our house give us that
feeling we get when we're on vacation."
