La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla

La Jolla, one block back from the water, on a lot of more than 8,000 square feet. A 1985 house where the location was already settled and everything else was still to do.

Every room was redone in one soft coastal palette, so the house reads as a single idea from the front door to the back deck. Oak floors throughout. A natural oak kitchen with all new appliances. Off the dining room, bifold doors fold the wall away onto a wide deck, and dinner moves outside without anyone deciding it should.

Upstairs, the primary suite gets its own lounge and its own deck, with bifold doors opening to the ocean. You wake up to the water. That was the point.

Walk to the beach. Bike to the Village. Or stay on the deck and watch everyone else do it.