Retiring from careers in aerospace, engineering and medicine to a 15-acre hilltop in Lafayette encircled by oaks and vistas, we built the owners an updated 21st century craftsman bungalow designed by Richard Bartlett in the handmade tradition of the Greene Brothers of the early 1900’s. The exterior of the home combines Western red cedar, copper trim and stone, as graceful in impression as the Chinese antiques and English botanical prints arrayed inside. Metal-clad Douglas fir doors and windows frame streams of sun, enhanced by state-of-the-art lighting and window treatments that blend outdoor and indoor, nature and technique. Remote enough to require a quarter-mile driveway, power for this secluded spot comes from a solar electric farm, while a solar thermal system heats water on-site and warms the spa, pool and radiant floors.

- 6000 square feet
- Architecture | Richard E. Bartlett
- Interior Design | Meghan Nohr
- Structural Engineering | Simmons Structural Engineering
- Landscape Architecture | David Thorn
- Cabinetry | Mueller Nicholls
- Paint | Zeidan Painting
- Plaster | KRT Lath and Plaster
- Stone & Tile | New Century Marble and Granite