Home built by JMA (Jim Murphy and Associates); designed by Hart Howerton. Photo credit: Tim Maloney, Technical Imagery Studios.

Carpenters finished the floors in this Tuscan-inspired home using reclaimed wood with all its imperfections, polishing it to a soft patina that leaves the impression of decades of gentle use. The heavy timber beams in the great room and kitchen are also from reclaimed wood. These "old-world" elements blend beautifully and add warmth to the refined, modern materials of stucco, drywall and the square-edged styling of the interior walls and columns.

The home's sloping site offers a welcoming courtyard at the entrance, an upper patio with fireplace on the same level as the home, and a lower patio with a vanishing edge pool.

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