Behind a set of unmarked gates and along a stretch of dirt road, Keith and Cheryl Bewley’s lakefront home sits inside an 870-acre private community along the Mokelumne River. First-time visitors may find GPS only gets them so far, and it helps to follow a resident the rest of the way.
Step inside the Bewleys’ 5,948-square-foot estate and the point is immediate: The residence was built to pull in the landscape. Walls of glass frame a 180-acre lake and riparian forest, while a decorative objet d’art above the stone fireplace embedded with 10-million-year-old fish fossils serves as a focal point.
“The whole concept of the house to bring the outside in and make the house feel bigger,” Keith Bewley said…