This award-winning SANDBOX designed Tahoe-style residence replaced a small aging cabin on a tiny lot near the West Shore of Lake Tahoe, California. Designed to be rustic in appearance, the exterior is clad in indigenous mountain materials such as Cedar, Redwood and Sierra Granite. At only 1,800 square feet in size, this quaint but comfortable mountain gem won a ‘Best of Tahoe’ design award from the Tahoe Quarterly Magazine and was featured in the Spring 2007 issue! Photo of Front Elevation shortly after completion (above) by Vance Fox Photography.
SANDBOX designed the home to embrace its private, natural setting. With upper level decks off of each bedroom and a set of large stacking glass doors off of the Great Room, occupants are able to enjoy the fresh mountain air from virtually every room. At the rear of the home, the main living/entertaining spaces spill out onto a stone patio with a firepit and spa, wrapping around an existing old Pine tree. Photo of Rear Elevation with lone tree at dusk, prior to completion of the patios and landscaping (above). Photo courtesy of Vance Fox
Despite modest overall square footage, the house feels quite spacious due to smart space-planning and an open floor plan for the primary entertaining spaces. The Kitchen opens to both the Dining and Great Room and features counter bar seating for three. The Dining space features a custom built-in upholstered banquette with enough seating to accommodate dinner parties of ten people or more! Photo of Kitchen taken from the Dining space (above) by Vance Fox Photography.
A modestly-sized but dramatic Entry Foyer (above left) greets one upon entry to the home, giving a hint of what’s to come. From the Foyer, visitors can get a glimpse through to the Kitchen, Dining and Great Room areas, while a timber staircase winds upward to an upper level bridge connecting the two bedroom wings. The bridge overlooks the primary social space of the Great Room (above right) with vaulted ceiling, stone fireplace and glass doors leading to the rear lawn and patios. Photos of Entry Foyer and Great Room by Vance Fox Photography.
