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"It would be like waking up every morn-
ing in a five-star resort in a sunny location,"
Shelton says of the design. You can take
the elevator to the second floor, where main
living and entertaining spaces are gathered
around a jewel-like infinity pool and tran-
quil spa. Here, you imagine spending much
time at the island in the open-plan kitchen,
or gathering around the fireplace in the
great room. In both cases, you're linked
to the water via pocketing glass walls that
run along the entire area. Step outdoors
proper and a catwalk connects you to the
pool deck and terrace—an ample space for
lounging and dining that also merges with
a sunny game room with a bar.
"There's an emphasis on living, enter-
taining and community spaces that are
light-filled and exposed," Shelton explains,
"yet there's the privacy you want in a family
home." The home and its outdoor living
areas are smartly shrouded by design and
location—the home is situated on a corner
lot, with no direct neighbors to the North;
and due to the neighboring greenbelt, none
at all to the West. There's a combination
of walls and landscaping, notably tall
hedges, built into the design that cloister
the property, starting at the main gate on
North Ardmore Avenue which opens onto
a roomy motor court and the entrance to a
four-car garage.
It's an inviting entry sequence that
leads to the ground level, where KAA's plan
calls for luxurious amenities like a sauna
and spacious gym. This level, with two
bedrooms and bathrooms, plus a kitchen-
ette, also serves as a dedicated guest floor.
A dedicated arts and crafts studio rounds
out the lifestyle niceties on the ground level,
as does an elegant private terrace— sunny
yet shrouded in bushy trees and shrubbery.
This feature, like the property as a
whole, balances a sense of openness, of
being connected with nature, alongside
the comfortable certainty that you're in a
world of your own. "From a site perspective,
it offered a lot of opportunity to do some-
thing different, that wasn't of the cookie
cutter mold," reflects Tran. "The opportu-
nity to do something where we had some
elbow room to expand vistas and open up
the house to capture views, light and air."
Within this visually dynamic atmosphere,
the floorplan nonetheless remains remark-
ably accessible, possessing a user-friendly
flow that connects with homeowners of all
stripes. "Everything has been considered
and implemented in the home," declares
Shelton: "It's a true showpiece and one of
the most impressive homes you're going to
see in Manhattan Beach."
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