Morning Everyone,
Another beautiful day in the Bay Area and a good moment to sit in the back garden, read a book and enjoy the sunshine…
So today, we are going to take a look at two more very beautiful Bay Area homes as part of my Front Of House series.
They are pretty different but united in that while you can view them both fairly well from the side, they are cunningly concealed with some beautiful trees and shrubs that give them privacy, a beautifully dappled shade and a very stunning look…
The first is the gorgeous home of Ursula and Mike…
This is a jaw-droppingly beautiful house.
Painted in Ursula’s own special hand mixed brew of paint from Benjamin Moore…
I mean look at these colors…they are so stunning…
And along with a stylish door bell and beautiful wood detailing…
And even a swing seat to enjoy the shadey afternoons…this is the porch of my dreams!
AND, not only is there a lovely front entrance to the house…
With numbers atop an arched wooden pergola and gorgeous hanging light…
But there is also an equally beautiful side entrance…
And although this is strictly a Front of House series, Mike did let me have a little look in their back garden…
You have to see…
So many lovely places to sit…
And eat…
And even cook a pizza in their very own home made wood burning pizza oven.
Which you could eat up in the tree house…
While enjoying the view of the roses…
And for me, one of the most pleasing sights was this one…
A cunning pulley system allowing them to hang out their washing from the first floor balcony…
Anyone who has read this blog before knows that I am a big believer in line dried washing, so this was a fine sight for me to behold.
There is no doubt that Ursula and Mike have an wonderful sense of design and feel for color…
They make it look so easy…
Now, the second house we are going to take a look at today is that of Hugh and Noah.
This is such a picture perfect home with wonderful symmetry, fabulously stylish details and some very clever and beautiful landscaping which have given it privacy whilst not gating it off from the world…
Not such a big surprise then to find Hugh Groman, caterer supremo and Noah Guynn, gardening wizard, behind the front door.
Hugh clearly knows a thing or two about presentation…his house is as beautiful to look at as his food…
Somehow he managed to find time to redesign the front porch and add a deck either side of the front door while running three companies…
When you get a closer look, it is so fantastically symmetrical in a most pleasing-not-too-perfect-sort-of-way…
With white rockers to the left and right of the front door…
And Noah’s landscape design beautifully echos this symmetry with two dodonaea in the beds either side of the front steps…
Giving the house lots of interesting dappled shade as well as privacy…
But to really appreciate Noah’s fabulous garden design, you need to take a peak at the house as it was eleven years ago…
And once again…now…
The porch, the deck, the colors and so many beautiful plants at the front and side of the house, it is quite transformed…
With wonderful succulents…
And grasses…
The garden is a beautiful sea of a thousand greens…
And a wonderfully filtered light…
Hugh and Noah have done an incredible job creating a very beautiful home – it’s a real inspiration.
So a very big thank you to both Ursula and Mike and Hugh and Noah for letting me take and share these pictures of their homes.
I am off to England any moment to catch up with my family before they forget who I am – SO excited – but will return with plenty of pictures of Old Blighty to share with you all.
Enjoy the Summer!
See you soon,
Ros
ps. Welcome to all those people from the very lovely Beach Cottage.
