Darzy Green is the color for 2013? I'm GREEN with envy! I absolutely love everything you have done and what a magnificent transformation. Beautiful home and family. The outdoors brought in, the surfaces, the lighting and furnishings, those fab hidden doors, the courtyard and water feature..... Ahhhhh! This was obviously well thought out for your lifestyle. Perfect.

Studio S Squared Architecture, Inc. Fantastic house and a great article as well; thanks to both the homeowner and author for the fascinating tour!

midmodfan An amazing transformation. The floors are the most beautiful and silkiest concrete floors I've ever seen. It's really hard to pick one or two favorite items because I love everything about this house.

kellystevens Wow, this house turned out so nice! Will you please share information on the globe light fixtures in the entryway? I've been looking for an outdoor fixture like that for some time. thanks!

catt378 I am the home owner and I want to make sure that our landscape company is recognized for their beautiful work. The feeling of our exterior was not at all possible without them!!
Landscaping done by Robert Renteria
President
Angels Landscape, Inc.
(562) 477-4313 mobile
www.angelslandscape.com

curlsonedje Thanks to the Gales, Houzz, and commenters for all the kudos. As I am the architect mentioned in this article, I also want to make sure that my fellow collaborator/designer at amk STUDIO, Katie Flores, and the engineer, Kyle Morris at MOR engineers are recognized for their impeccable work. Such a dream team to work with, which along with Catherine's great eye for interior design and the builder/contractor's dedication, made the end result outstanding!

astraea I'm living in my 2nd ranch-style home, and I have to say that the style in this article is too modern & stark for me. It just looks "staged", as if real people aren't living there .. much less a couple with 2 young children. Two large glass vases flanking the stove (with young kids?), but no coffee brewer, toaster or any other appliance? The master bathroom .. no soap? No artwork on all of those white walls?

beary I was surprised to see the photo at the end with children. it doesn't look like a house that has children in it, and with the concrete courtyard, there must be lots of scraped knees! For me, too stark and the courtyard doesn't look like it is outdoors. Sorry I usually don't share negative comments, but there are lots of nice elements to the home, great light, love the windows.

midmodfan The reason the house (like most othes here) "looks staged" is that it HAS been staged for the photos. Does that surprise anyone?

beckmathis Beautiful redo- must say the front exterior was better before. I do love the back and interior!

designwitch Frankly, I prefer the BEFORE of this house; it feels really cold now. Brrrrr. Do humans really live here?

KC & CO This is one of the best 'My Houzz' tours I have seen yet - apart from loving what has been done, and the quality of the work, I really appreciate seeing the before and after photos. So many good home renovation stories on here don't show the befores... thanks for sharing !

KC&CO

Alina Clougherty I love this house. It's open, airy, easy to clean and beautiful. I don't find it cold at all.

angi So orange county! Where beauty is skin deep. All about looks, no soul... :(. Hope the children's room has a touch of warmth or they have a good grandma's house nearby.

psychdoc49 This reno is stunning not only because of the beautiful finishes and exquisite furnishings but because of the spectacular transformation of the style of the house. Looking at the before pics I see a ho hum quasi colonel which has seen better days. Well those days have come! It is now an architectural gem. Congrats to everyone involved in the design choices.

catt378 There is more to all these houses then what is shown obviously. We have lots of hidden storage for all of our every day necessities. Of course the kids toys and random stuff is not all out on display for the photo shoot. Our style is definitely not for everyone and I understand that. I'm very surprised to see such ridiculous comments regarding a home tour. It sounds so silly to pass such judgement off a few photos.

dtlajessie Angi you're rude! The house is gorgeous. Modern clean lines with vast open space. I'm glad you're exposing your children to a more progressive modern way of living and good taste :)

morgana44 Love what was done to this house. Well thought out and executed design both inside and out...and I love her shoes! Just saying...I like fashion too.

kable I hope the moderator removes Angie's comment. So un-Houzz-like! I come to this site not only because I'm going to see amazing, gorgeous renovations like this one, but also because the comments section is one of the few on this entire world wide web that remains a positive place. A place where people give their opinions, their useful feedback (when asked), but NEVER snark! Especially when it's clear the homeowner and part of her team are on here too and will see it! ouch!!

psychdoc49 Catt good design is good design and should be appreciated, even if the design esthetic is not to everyone's personal taste. You an your team have accomplished an amazing transformation.

babers I agree Home owner. I think your home is Beautiful! is it for me? No it is to cold. But, I can appreciate it for your style and good taste. Thats what i love about houzz it shows all kinds of styles. Some I like, some I dont. But one things for sure i dont want to live in any style house with the women that posted the hate mail. Why so mean?

yogapaws Angi - Do you live in Orange County, CA? Have you ever been to Orange County,CA? Really- I am tired of SO CAL bashers... from what I have learned from shelter magazines, working in other states and houzz is that we all (global) have a unique way of living-including decorating.

In /around 1965 my neighbors moved to a brand new house in Costa Mesa. It was the probably the start of my fascination with architecture, life style living and decorating. It had an open concept with the kitchen, dining, family area. There was an atrium and it seems every room opened or looked out to the atrium. My friends (aka the kids) all had built in desk/study areas in their rooms.

Several of my coworkers live in Costa Mesa and they all speak highly of the community and connection they feel with their neighbors.

jeffmkeller I don't think people should bash someone that opens their house for the world to see. Everyone has an opinion, style, and taste. We view this website for ideas and inspiration. I think the owners did great with the bones they had to work with. There are things I don't like about it, but there are things I love. Anyone can tear a house down and start from scratch. It takes creativity and design-sense to turn someone's house into a home.

P.S.: Angi, I live in Orange County and yes we do have style AND soul (and great weather)! Don't let reality TV fool you.

wobblymansion Beautiful! I like examples of how to remodel ranch-style homes into a modernist style as Orange County is full of 1970's ranch-style homes. I built a similarly open glass home with concrete floors. Absolutely wonderful to live in. When you wake up to all that sunlight every day, you'd be amazed how your mood is lightened. I also found that kids loved the house, maybe their minds were more open than adults who either loved or hated it. One of my favorite parts about having such a modern home was that it made people think about architecture in a way they never have before. Even if they didn't like my style, it go them thinking.

I'm happy to see such modernist style moving to Costa Mesa. There are becoming more modernists beyond Laguna Beach.

I am currently doing another remodel and am pouring over every detail in this remodel. The budget for this had to be astronomical. Changing the roofline is a key to transforming a ranch style to modernist, but also very expensive.

Painted Lady Studios Why is it so difficult to remove our personal design esthetic from a critique? I am about as traditional as you can get when it comes to my personal space...but I am floored by this remodel!
It's perfection! BRAVO to all involved!

madevwheels Beautiful home. Lot's of cool ideas. Love all the before and after shots. The owners, architects, designers and contractor did a phenomenal job. Thanks for opening up your remodel project. It's inspiring.

vcolodny Great job, I have a mid century home, which needs a bit of updating on the outside, I will use these images as my inspiration.

jjeason20 This is such a incredible makeover! Really thoughtful design! Love all of the openness! I just want to hang out in the back. Really beautiful family too! Looks like a wonderful place to live!

taniagoulart gorgeous remodel, i am considering those glass sliding doors and I was wondering is there anyway you can give me a ballpark on them? i know they are one of the largest costs and i am trying to consider them in my budget. I may only need one or two.

Stone & Land, LLC I really like the indoor / outdoor connections you made with the house. That courtyard is awesome. Added some of the images to my Future Dream House idea book. Thanks for opening up your house to us. It haven't been using this site too long but it seems this article has quite a few more comments than most. It's great inspiration.

Rebecca@MidCenturyModernRemodel Well this home is for me for sure. I love everything about it. We live a few miles away and I am very familiar with this area and golf course. I think the home owners and their team did an OUTSTANDING job on this project. I love the landscaping a great deal and immediately pinning a few pictures as our landscaping is a work in progress. Ms. HomeOwner, don't worry about the comments. I went wrote up some lovely homes for the Dwell San Diego Modern Home Tour and a very popular blogger posted one of the homes. Her readers went crazy as they prefer traditional looks. She enjoyed shaking things up a bit and I sent an apology note to the home owner with the comment "any PR is good PR." So opinion is opinion. In my book and for my aesthetic this house is excellent. P.S. We are planning a kitchen remodel and I think your white/dark contrast is really nice.

2712719 Well done!! A beautiful home to be proud of.

Autumn McCall brown, white, gray, brown, white, gray......the house needs more pops of color....but I will say....for resale....you can't put together a better palette than this. Its a house that anyone can turn into THEIR home at any moment....this couple did a great job. Can I come to one of the house parties? I will bring a house plant in a colored pot as a house warming gift :-)

Tara Bussema for those concerned with the lack of personalization or color, note that this family JUST finished building this home and they are still working on adding rugs, textiles, accessories, wall art, etc. completely rebuilding a home is quite the process!

le box Angi, if you're going to make a stereotype of ALL the homeowners in Orange County, then get it right. This home is so atypical of Orange County because these homeowners actually have exquisite taste!

Autumn McCall Tara, I would love to see a few more pictures after they add all the final touches.....great house. My husband and I are looking for something very similar here in Dallas. Thanks!!

elvisunderfoot The house looked better before.It's so cold and sterile looking now.

idonttwantone So simple, why did I not think of this??? A dark TV on a dark background, goodbye TV! Thanks for sharing your home, catt378, LOVE it. Someone respects details. . .

idonttwantone My daughter and fam are looking for a house they can remodel in the Bay Area and this reminds me of what they would like to accomplish. I sent her an email re. one of the pictures and here is her response: "I LOVED this house! Coincidentally, I went through it this morning and tagged almost every picture! I would move right in :)"

kennedytarheel Cinderella found her glass slipper and it fit! Your home fits you in the same way. Thanks for sharing your labor of love. I'll bet that you tackle your life like you did your home and that you make everything you put your heart into beautiful!

slfa All I can say is WOW!!! Thank you so much for sharing your home!! I just wish that it was up here in Sonoma County so I could use the same architect and designers for my remodel. My husband and I just purchased a mid century home.

hheckmd Love Love Love It! In a time when More is Less - I truly appreciate the quality of the remodel and how the People will be the shining stars in this home, not yards of fabric or oodles of decorations. There is lots of room for children's art work. Enjoy!

cheriebarr Hi, what a transformation! Can you please tell me where you purchased your exterior door hardward (long pull - front door). Thx!

frenchdecor I would like to see it finished. Right now no doubt house have good skeleton (hard & white) in and out. Couple of sofas, a chair and beds doesn't give enough "flesh" to 3,200 sq f. What is that polished floor slabs throughout the whole house including bedroom, to die for or for rubber shoes? It looks really scary. Mom give it a "wet test", and don't think kids will not run there if you'll say so. With best wishes.

angi I do apologize for my snarky comment. I do not see a way for me to remove it. And yes,I was born and raised in Laguna. I do not think everyone in oc is soulless... My real point is that I find many adults that design in a rather selfish way where their children are concerned. Hard floors, shiney surfaces, all that white. There,s just so much maintenance to a design like this that usually gets taken out on the kids. I have witnessed so many moms lose it with their kids over fingerprints on shiney fridges, stoves, dish washers. And where the design may be considered creative, where do those children have a space to be creative outside? Rearranging stones? Where can they dig and make things and interact with nature? I recently moved overseas where the family culture makes way more sense to me than Cali... Just my point of view. Just ignore it if it feels like it doesn't resonate...

rickydroofer FYI If you have nothing good to say don't say anything these people did not build this for your taste their just showing off there dream don't rain on it it's rude and show's you have no morals, manors. or respect. To the owners awesome job.

Darzy Yes, anyone that has a negative comment about this beautiful, stylish home is tasteless AND has no taste. There is a difference. Good design is good design, whether it be your personal style or not it should be able to be appreciated. Pluuueesee...where will the children play and be creative? Selfish in their design? Absurd, presumptuous, and ridiculous comments! Overseas family culture makes more sense than So Cal? How narrow minded you are.

blancygirl genious sense of geometry symmetry beautiful organic effective lighting design superb textural application - simply a leader in his style unmatched integrity - one of a kind master - love the low key earth tones and that the very speciallly colored green walls!

chuchu To Angi, why are you so jealous of other people's choices. Please respect other people's choices. This family opened up their hearts to us. The least we can say is "thank you" whether or not we like their style. As a matter of interest, please may you upload your warm house for the rest of us to see how we should design our homes. Thanks Angi.

Pat Bernard Design, Inc. After looking at this redo and before reading the viewer comments I have to admit I was left a bit underwhelmed. But just because this is not my style or taste doesn't mean I don't appreciate the hard work that went into making this a dream home for the homeowners and their children. Working with an architect is mandatory for this scale of renovation but based on the photos shown I wonder if the project, and the clients, wouldn't have been better served by also working with a designer. A professional eye would have helped with scale, color and finishes. Nice fixtures in the entryway though.

xowen Modern..yes. Mid Century.. not really.
Love the polished floors. I have polished concrete and they are not nearly as nice as these. Is that a skim coat over the original slab?

Tile-Stones What a transformation! Love seeing the before and after photos. Just wish there was a little more color!

Mackenzie Austin Design Simply gorgeous. I could move right in and wouldn't change a thing.
Even my 6 year old boy enjoyed the tour!

67gtonr It looks nice, but I cannot imagine living here, it looks more like a business, the space look fine for occupying for short periods of time as in a break room, but not for hanging out and really relaxing. The acoustics with all those hard surfaces and open spaces must make it sound like a museum. But good idea getting rid of that fire hazard roofing.

karilyn What a beautiful sophisticated transformation.

ZHiFi Automation The house is packed with a lot of technology as well which unfortunately wasn't mentioned. We automated and centralized the Video, Audio, Lighting, HVAC, Spa & Security Cameras

Darzy @frenchdecor...angi said the homeowners were selfish in their design plan with regard to their children and their oveseas family culture was better than family values in So Cal. Don't you find that tasteless and narrow minded to say? There is no right and wrong culture...

astraea @ZHiFi - What happens in a massive power failure?

ZHiFi Automation @astraea The same thing that happens at any house that loses their power. If you lose power in your house (massive power failure), nothing electrical (powered by AC) is going to work; unless you have a backup AC power generator. We can install UPS battery backups in a rack to give you a little bit of functionality, but it's not meant to supplant your regular AC power. You might get 10-45 minutes of usage. UPS backups are mainly meant to power stuff down safely, so you don't lose precious data or programming in the event of a power outage. They're not supposed to be used so that you can still watch a 2 hour movie in a blackout.

criscoosifisatorious I absolutely love this house and would take it over my traditional house in a heartbeat. Your taste is impeccable! I have been considering changing out my floors anyway and love the creamy concrete you have created here. I have so many questions but will start small... how do you keep this humongous open space from being echoey?

tmboc After just having our home remodeled, I have such an appreciation for what you have done. Beautiful transformation! Absolutely love the before and after of the back of the house!

mcbriec I personally loathe mid-century modern design. Although this house does not reflect my own personal taste, I think this was an absolutely outstanding transformation which took a totally blah, nothing house and turned it into something really interesting and incredibly stylish. Amazingly well done!

As for gratuitously nasty comments, it seems to be an epidemic on this website. Without fail, every article will generate snippy, seventh-grade attacks that have no substance or real content regarding design issues. Since most people commenting are women, I have become ashamed of my own gender'. Houzz really needs to start deleting the incredibly rude, immature, inappropriate comments which litter this site and poison its atmosphere.

theresa10 Love to know who the General Contractor is. Have a home in the area and would love to remodel. Please post the name and number

Treybo Well done, and importantly, not over done. Some owners/architects/designers don't know when to stop and the result seems to be a modern themed home rather than a home that is true to the modern spirit and aesthetic. The before/after pictures are especially helpful, too. Floors are beautiful.

Tara Bussema @theresa10, here's the link to the profile of the GC: http://www.houzz.com/pro/bluepacificcontractorsinc/blue-pacific-contractors-inc

Blue Pacific Contractors, Inc. Thank you for all of the kind words. We are very proud of this remodel! We are relatively new to Houzz and working on updating our profile. We will have images of more of our projects very soon. Please follow to see our projects. We are very blessed to work in Orange County and Los Angeles County where there is truly a full spectrum of homes for us to work on, from traditional to modern and everything in between. Thank you again for all of the positive feedback!!

mcbriec I already commented, but felt compelled to reiterate how amazing this transformation was. IMO they really turned a sow's ear into a silk purse. I agree with other suggestions that some bright-colored abstract art would be a very nice finishing touch.

olgahicks Beautiful!

cheriebarr Hi, do you know where I can purchase the front door hardware? Thanks!!!!

cinfulaz Love the pivoting front door and would like to replace the double doors on a mostly gutted project we have on hold. We keep getting steered away from a pivot door because of the extra expense, but I'm wondering if his is our GC's personal preference. Can you, or anyone, give some insight on what filling a standard height 6'0" space w/a simple 70/30 (is this the right ratio?) type of pivot door will set us back? TIA from PHX

Blue Pacific Contractors, Inc. @cheriebarr I am not sure the name of the hardware, we got the hardware from Trimco Finish, Inc. Their phone number is (714) 708-0300 Thank you for your comment!

perrissima love this reno and we are considering purchasing a similar 1960's style ranch on the east coast and wondered what you budgeted for your renovations. Could you share? It would be helpful to us as we intend to do similar renovations and updates. thanks!

Benjamin Approximately how much does a renovation like this cost? Am I at the ballpark @ $150k?

hheckmd I'm not the owner or contractor but I can conservatively say it cost more than twice your estimate to do something of this scale and quality

amk STUDIO The cost of construction was more than $150k. On any project, the budget would be based on the scope of changes, finish materials, location, jurisdiction fees, etc, to name a few cost factors. I'd be happy to discuss more and try to see whether you'd be in the ballpark for your reno, so feel to email us at contactus@amkstudio.com.
Thanks! Arlene