Minimal but pretty warm and textural at the same time. Chock full of extremely expensive non-details.

I love it :)

I'm not sure what a "non detail" is, but I do like this house very much.

Sweet! I love this house and the surrounding landscape.

I call it a "non-detail" because there is not an extra piece of trim anywhere including the recessed fixtures. Trim (supposedly) adds "detail" but the functional purpose of trim is to cover up imperfections. No trim means that visible imperfections are not allowed, and this lack of detail is thus very expensive.

oh, okay, I get it. Although I'm not sure how it translates to the non-detail in my decidedly starter home!

Great location! A little too minimalist for me, hard to believe.

I'll just give my usual response....

Why exactly am I not living in CA?

(While I'm at it, how's "my room" coming in the new house Pip? Just let me know when it's finished and I'm on my way!)

bee, construction should start in the next month, once I can get my indecisive head out of the clouds - I am suffering from a case of remodel block! Your room should be finished in Nov/Dec, when it's warm and sunny out here!

Beautiful. Loving the non-detail :)

Bathroom might be my favourite room.

The house does a good job of getting out of its own way.

Gorgeous. I love the indoor outdoor connections.

Be still, my heart! Sigh.

Not sure why, but I never loved the stark naked look of the desert nor the bare minimalist home. It's beautiful for those who do, just not for me. I suppose my reason being, I can't hide "stuff,"

i LOVE it.

Pipdog, what construction are you doing? An addition????

I also love it a lot, I'm sure that in every day life there are more things here and there in the house but the bare canvas is very appealing.

For all of you who love it and would love living there, are you talking about with your husband and a full-time housekeeper or sans the husband and just the full-time housekeeper? ;)

I dont have any baseboard and it is not that bad, although I dont have kids. There is a way I believe to hide baseboard with drywall, but it has to be done before the drywall is installed. I bet there are imperfections to the drywall of this house, but it is not visible on pics. When I redo the floor, I will also be getting rid of the trim and frames around the doors. The less detail the better, as far as I am concerned! :)

Love it!

There are two ways to approach the minimal baseboard and one is to essentially have "none" or a groove that is recessed and about an inch high at the floor level and the other is to have recessed baseboard with a reveal: This gives you the durability of a wood baseboard with a flush appearance. It's a lot more work than being able to cover rough cut drywall and end cuts of flooring with a board and quarter round.

I just can't get over that pool.

rocky, the original kitchen and 3 baths will be gutted and we're hoping to add a 4th bedroom/bath -- either by converting the garage and building a new garage or an addition on the side of the house, depending on what the city approves (persnickety city approval process). Long term we hope to overhaul the outdoor space by adding a pool, cabana and terracing the steep back yard -- probably 3-5 years as budget permits.

I am very jealous! I hope you keep posting so we can follow it all! I have the perfect spot for a master bath addition, which I would love to build. I just cant validate it as this house is already so large. Instead, I have decided to move forward on the landscaping.