Kristy Paratte and her husband Robert had owned their vacation home at Northstar for a little more than 20 years—and it showed. She explains that the couple’s love of cooking and entertaining, along with having four kids and multiple dogs, had taken a toll on...
In 2016, Sandbox Studio Principal Scott Gillespie and his team designed a rustic mountain home in Northstar for clients Todd and Jill Kaufman. A few years later, when the couple decided to build a new mountain residence to live in full-time, they once again tapped...
It’s almost unassuming on approach, which leads down a slightly inclined driveway to the front of the house—an elegant mountain home that splits the gap between traditional and contemporary....
The nickname for the house is spelled out on the entryway rug: “The Shed.”...
In 2015, Truckee’s Mark Tanner Construction and SANDBOX Studio teamed up to build a unique mountain home they nicknamed “Curvatures,” featuring an attractive turret that set the structure apart from its Martis Camp neighbors. Six years later, the home’s new owner tapped the same team—plus...
Since its founding in 2002, Sierra Sustainable Builders has earned a reputation for building highly efficient, durable homes throughout the South Lake Tahoe area and beyond. Now, after putting the finishing touches on an attractive new full-time residence in the Al Tahoe neighborhood, the experienced...
It wasn’t easy. But for the team behind a new lakefront home on Tahoe’s North Shore, their efforts paid off handsomely....
Thoughtfully sited among towering firs, their grayish-brown trunks lit up by fluorescent green lichen, a custom home on Tahoe’s West Shore has the vibe of a rustic mountain cabin hidden deep in the woods....
When Martine Paquin’s name is associated with a home project, you know the interior design is impeccable....
What was once an awkwardly sited house on a challenging Incline Village lot now stands out as a chic mountain-modern residence that sits comfortably in its forested setting, enveloped by native vegetation and leaving passers-by with a sense of intrigue and curiosity....