Like a virtuoso performance, superb design, when it's executed, must keep the
nitty gritty of its workings under wraps for the sake of its audience. (Pali, when
asked how he gathered the understanding of the site and surrounds that was
needed to spin such a composition, lightheartedly responds that he "had lots of
tequila with Mr. Caverhill on-site.")
One moment you might be on a fresh-air deck overlooking the Pacific Ocean,
another you're perched on a fireside deck at ground level, peacefully cloistered
by greenery and listening to water spill along the edge of the infinity pool.
"The way [the home] relates to the outdoors expresses the perfect California
lifestyle," says Doe. Wherever you are, though, the scene is always a private
one, due to the home's design and its top of-the-hill location, plus well-crafted
landscaping that is neither wild nor prim.
When asked which part of the home is his favorite, Caverhill tells how his
preference shifts with the light, which casts the home in different moods
depending on the time of day, from morning to nightfall. "I sort of circulate
around where the light is really neat. It feels good."
"Home is supposed to be where you come lick your wounds," adds Caverhill.
"You heal, you renew and you go out the next day. That's what the home's
supposed to do for all of us." It's easy to see how living in this place—where
one is enveloped in invigorating nature scenes, and never more than a few steps
from lungfuls of fresh, mountain air—is a potent aid in the process. "All I know,"
says Caverhill, "is I leave every morning refreshed, and full of vim and vigor,
as they say."
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