23 Feb From Outdated to Exceptional
What some may have written off as unsalvageable, Natalie and Ryan Schiestel saw as an opportunity to create their “forever home” in one of Tahoe’s most storied communities....
23 Feb Rebuilt for Generations of Enjoyment
For a family-oriented couple who long dreamed of owning a vacation home on Lake Tahoe, the six-year remodel after locating their ideal lakefront property proved well worth the wait. The sunny lot in Carnelian Bay, which originally housed a trio of small structures built...
23 Feb Capturing Views from a Rocky Perch
Architect Kevin Bryan was golfing at Schaffer’s Mill when he looked up at a boulder-strewn lot and envisioned the perfect orientation for the home he was soon to design. If he nestled the structure into the rock outcropping just so, views would abound up to Northstar...
27 Sep Tahoe Treasure
Farmhouse-style home was designed for year-round vacation living Set on a large plot dotted with pine, fir and aspen trees, Martis Camp Lot 448 was designed to make the most of its mountain surroundings. “The vacation home has an alpine sensibility that speaks to its Northern...
24 Jun Bear Necessities
Just inside a door opening to the sheltered exterior stair, a rectangular piece of slate painted with a mountain scene—a bear fishing in a creek—hangs on the wall. The word “WELCOME” is stenciled above the woodsy image in large black letters....
24 Jun Home Sweet Forever Home
Nestled in the 906-acre Lahontan Golf Club community in Truckee, the Meadow House takes inspiration from its alpine surroundings. Sited at the end of a secluded street, the 2,475-square-foot home’s liberal use of glass affords striking views of the surrounding trees, meadow and ski runs...
24 Feb What Would Sven Do?
On a gently sloping, 3-plus-acre piece of forested property at the northeast edge of Martis Camp, Scandinavian design principles of function and simplicity were folded into Sierra materiality and lifestyle with a heaping tablespoon of family retreat added on top. The outcome is a quiet...
24 Feb Art and Architecture
It takes a unique and discerning eye to see potential where others see only impediment. Such is the story with a linear lakefront lot in Lahontan that many others passed on as too restrictive. That is, until Jack Myers, renowned Hawaiian and South San Francisco...
24 Feb The Eagle’s Nest
Twenty-four years ago, Sharon and Steve Ing met at a Los Angeles art gallery. Sharon was working as an art dealer and helped Steve purchase a piece, one of a naked woman sitting in a chair, her face shadowed. The deal led to courtship and...
24 Feb Lakeside Relic Restored
At some point in 1863, Mark Twain caught a horrible cold. Recounted in his essay How to Cure A Cold, Twain describes his travels from Virginia City, Nevada, to Lake Bigler (Tahoe) to Steamboat Hot Springs (between Reno and Carson City) and finally to San...