A renovated midcentury home in the hills of Santa Rosa’s Alta Vista neighborhood is currently listed for sale. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom dwelling, sitting on 1.64 wooded acres, is priced at $2,500,000.
The 2,941-square-foot home offers design time travel to the 1970s and ’80s while managing to stay rooted in this century. Built by Gary Tobey in 1986, the interior has the era’s signature elements: a sunken living room, open-concept layout, and stained-wood and stone-clad surfaces inside and out. But it has a brand-new feel thanks to a period-sensitive renovation by Markey Interiors.
Well-preserved vintage elements are enhanced with details that evoke midcentury design. Contemporary subway tiles complement the scheme via a decidedly ’70s palette: avocado green on the kitchen backsplash and a happy “Brady Bunch” orange in the shower. New wallpaper with optical art-style designs in the bar, and new mosaic tile in a tranquil beige in the bathroom, also blend seamlessly into the aesthetic. Concrete countertops, by Bohemian Stoneworks in Sebastopol, provide transitional sleekness.
Vintage style is solidified with details like ceramic lamps with long cylindrical shades, an avocado-colored couch and an orange ribbon chair in the bedroom…