Valle Vista, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Sep 9th 2010 at 1:01PM

Today's architecturally splendid home in Sonoma County had its moment in the design spotlight in a 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. This home is positioned on top of approximately 19 acres and is located minutes from Sonoma Plaza. This private three-bedroom home brings a little urban sexiness to the countryside. It was created by architects Harvey and Conrad in collaboration with renowned designer Ron Mann (check out more pictures on his website). Concrete and glass are warmed by the surrounding landscape and by the use of interesting textures in the furniture choices. The property also has an equally well-designed one-bedroom guest house. Pleasure-centered features include a pool with stunning bucolic views, hot tub, wine cave and a massive car barn. There's plenty of seating in this house and not much of it looks comfortable but beauty isn't always comfy. This home was listed at $12 million but recently had a price cut to $9.9 million.

Gallery: Sonoma Contemporary

Tags: california real estate, estate of the day, sonoma, sonoma county, SonomaCalifornia, SonomaValley

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jai Sep 9th 2010 2:59PM

this is one of those houses where the furnishings and doo-dads are so distracting that the actual house is hard to see. It's like Fred Flintstone's 70s bachelor pad - yuck! $9.9 million should be reason enough to call in a staging company.

stalban9 Sep 9th 2010 3:24PM

I love older homes. I hate garages full of boys toys. But.

This house rocks my boat, big time. Truly funky and fun. Love it. Take out the boys toys, put in an indoor pool. Take out the exercise stuff and make either a playroom or office. Done. Keep all the furnishings - esp. the really large outdoor setting - gorgeous. Yum.