The Ridge House, Hope Ranch, CA — exterior approach
Hope Ranch, CA · Completed 2025

The Ridge House

Location
Hope Ranch, CA
Type
Whole-home
Size
7,800 sqft
Bedrooms
6
Timeline
26 months
Year
2025
The Brief
Palette
Walnut · Blackened steel · Sisal · Ivory

A multigenerational family house on a ridge above the Pacific — asked to feel weathered on the day it opened.

Our clients had lived in the house for twelve years when the decision came to rebuild. They wanted nothing of the old floor plan and everything of its feeling: the long low light, the eucalyptus, the sense that the ocean was always just out of view.

We worked alongside Wright Ryan Architecture for twenty-two months, from schematics to the final placement of the last ceramic bowl. The result is a house that feels older than it is — grounded, tactile, and built from a palette chosen to age well under our salt air.

The Ridge House — living room, north elevation, morning
The Ridge House — kitchen detail, travertine and oak
“They understood the house we hadn't built yet.Every room we walk into now feels like it has been ours for years.”
— The Atwater Family · Montecito
The Ridge House — primary bath
The Ridge House — library
The Ridge House — garden terrace at evening
Materials & Makers

Where the pieces came from.

Plaster walls
Traditional lime plaster, tinted on site · Kalklitir via Summerland Plaster Co.
Flooring
Reclaimed French oak · Carlisle Wide Plank
Kitchen stone
Honed Jerusalem gold limestone · Walker Zanger
Custom millwork
Ehrlich & Sons · Carpinteria, CA
Light fixtures
Apparatus, Allied Maker, 1882 vintage via Nickey Kehoe
Textiles
Rose Tarlow, Fortuny, Zak + Fox, bespoke linens from Libeco
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