1 00:00:05,070 --> 00:00:08,130 [music playing] 2 00:00:17,470 --> 00:00:19,100 Hey, come with me. 3 00:00:21,970 --> 00:00:23,870 I think something that has been a dream of mine 4 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:26,900 since I was a young kid was to be able to walk out my door 5 00:00:26,930 --> 00:00:29,700 and go right on a trail and be able to hike and run. 6 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:32,729 NORA ROSENTHAL: Coming to Sea Ranch 7 00:00:32,770 --> 00:00:35,700 is just a time to slow down. 8 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:38,170 You can enjoy kids. 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,570 You can let them just do very simple things. 10 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,270 They're just like sitting, looking, observing. 11 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:47,200 Bye, deer. 12 00:00:48,370 --> 00:00:50,870 NORA ROSENTHAL: From the ocean and the trees 13 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:53,270 and animals and wildlife. 14 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:56,600 It's just like the simplest way to be. 15 00:00:56,630 --> 00:00:58,770 It's like we pull up and you just 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,830 give this big sigh of relief. 17 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:14,830 We're in the Sea Ranch. 18 00:01:14,870 --> 00:01:16,770 We're in Northern California. 19 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,770 It's about 2.5 hours north of San Francisco Bay Area. 20 00:01:23,070 --> 00:01:25,530 NATE ROSENTHAL: We're on the rugged California Coast. 21 00:01:25,570 --> 00:01:29,630 You really feel the nature, where the trees are windswept. 22 00:01:31,070 --> 00:01:32,670 NORA ROSENTHAL: Rosea Ranch is situated 23 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:35,200 at the end of a cul-de-sac. 24 00:01:35,229 --> 00:01:38,900 We were looking for a place that we could kind of make 25 00:01:38,930 --> 00:01:41,930 a second home to be able to vacation 26 00:01:41,970 --> 00:01:45,930 and get out of the busy city life. 27 00:01:45,970 --> 00:01:47,729 NATE ROSENTHAL: As you arrive and walk into the home, 28 00:01:47,770 --> 00:01:49,530 you have the dining room and living 29 00:01:49,570 --> 00:01:52,100 room that are open to each other, 30 00:01:52,130 --> 00:01:54,100 and then the kitchen that's right around the corner. 31 00:01:55,530 --> 00:01:59,670 To your right, you have the sleeping quarters, with three 32 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:01,400 bedrooms and two bathrooms. 33 00:02:03,370 --> 00:02:05,000 And then you have a staircase that 34 00:02:05,030 --> 00:02:07,600 goes up to a little loft area. 35 00:02:08,970 --> 00:02:10,870 One of the things that really sold us on this home 36 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:13,030 was when you walk in, feeling like it's 37 00:02:13,070 --> 00:02:14,730 almost an extension of nature. 38 00:02:14,770 --> 00:02:17,970 The way that the windows have been designed, the sight lines, 39 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,829 put the entire environment on display for us. 40 00:02:20,870 --> 00:02:23,900 You really don't feel like there's anybody else here. 41 00:02:23,930 --> 00:02:27,430 It's just you in this house with nature. 42 00:02:27,470 --> 00:02:30,000 It's stadium seating for the main event, which is really 43 00:02:30,030 --> 00:02:32,270 the ocean and the environment, many different types 44 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:33,200 of wildlife. 45 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:39,500 You know, Sea Ranch is one of the first really 46 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:42,530 purposefully designed to-be-one-with-nature 47 00:02:42,570 --> 00:02:43,800 communities that existed. 48 00:02:45,070 --> 00:02:49,600 There's about 2,000 lots with about 400 full-time residents. 49 00:02:51,130 --> 00:02:54,230 Sea Ranch was founded in the '60s, with really an intention 50 00:02:54,270 --> 00:02:58,270 to build with the land, not on top of the land, but to really 51 00:02:58,300 --> 00:02:59,500 think about the land. 52 00:02:59,530 --> 00:03:02,070 Think about the individual site that the home sits on, 53 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,230 and then to design the architecture such 54 00:03:04,270 --> 00:03:06,470 that the built environment and the natural environment 55 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:09,570 are really one, so that we can slow things down, 56 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,030 so that we can live lightly on the land. 57 00:03:11,070 --> 00:03:13,630 And then we can really just enjoy nature 58 00:03:13,670 --> 00:03:15,330 kind of as it was intended. 59 00:03:15,370 --> 00:03:16,670 NORA ROSENTHAL: You know, you only 60 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:20,370 have a certain amount of space for your home and your yard. 61 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,200 And then everything else that you see around us 62 00:03:23,230 --> 00:03:24,800 is common shared space. 63 00:03:24,829 --> 00:03:29,130 So as an owner, you are part owner of all of the shared 64 00:03:29,170 --> 00:03:30,430 space around the Sea Ranch. 65 00:03:32,170 --> 00:03:35,530 The Douglas fir and the Redwood are native to this area. 66 00:03:35,570 --> 00:03:39,100 And the wood that's used both in the fences and the house 67 00:03:39,130 --> 00:03:41,570 and the exterior, the interior, traditionally 68 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,100 were all from right here, right around the Sea Ranch. 69 00:03:46,829 --> 00:03:49,570 You see those shades of red, those browns. 70 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,900 NORA ROSENTHAL: The wood-- 71 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:54,329 like, everything just kind of ages and wears as it should. 72 00:03:54,370 --> 00:03:55,970 It's saltwater. 73 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:56,800 It's wind. 74 00:03:56,829 --> 00:03:57,630 It's rain. 75 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,100 It's fog. 76 00:03:59,130 --> 00:04:01,800 It's like every element that you can throw at it. 77 00:04:01,830 --> 00:04:05,500 And yet, it just wears in this way that is so beautiful. 78 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:11,370 The home was built in 1978. 79 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:16,170 We tried to keep as much of the original feel of the home 80 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:21,430 intact, to keep the home feeling as it was meant to feel back 81 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:25,000 in the late '70s, trying to preserve 82 00:04:25,030 --> 00:04:28,670 the memory and keep being great stewards of the home, 83 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:29,600 of the land. 84 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:34,130 A lot of things just needed some updating. 85 00:04:34,170 --> 00:04:37,600 NATE ROSENTHAL: Whether it's by adding solar and battery power 86 00:04:37,630 --> 00:04:41,200 to continue to live even more lightly off the land, 87 00:04:41,230 --> 00:04:44,200 or slightly modernizing or at least refreshing 88 00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:47,930 some of the appliances and furniture. 89 00:04:47,970 --> 00:04:51,870 With all of the wood walls and the wood floors with ceilings, 90 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:55,370 like everything is this natural color. 91 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,030 I wanted to find a way to bring, you 92 00:04:58,070 --> 00:04:59,970 know, some of the blues and greens 93 00:05:00,070 --> 00:05:03,530 of our natural environment outside inside as well, 94 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:07,570 with our artwork and our plants and colors that we chose. 95 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,000 Bright pops of yellow, red, orange. 96 00:05:14,070 --> 00:05:15,130 Coming into the kitchen. 97 00:05:17,930 --> 00:05:19,930 The home is fully electric. 98 00:05:19,970 --> 00:05:22,100 So all the appliances are electric. 99 00:05:22,130 --> 00:05:23,330 The heaters are electric. 100 00:05:23,370 --> 00:05:24,870 We have solar on the roof. 101 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:26,300 And so for the majority of the year, 102 00:05:26,330 --> 00:05:30,170 the home operates off the grid from an electricity standpoint. 103 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,670 We have batteries that power all of our appliances. 104 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:34,300 So there's no gas in the home at all. 105 00:05:40,430 --> 00:05:41,200 All right. 106 00:05:41,230 --> 00:05:42,000 Here we are. 107 00:05:42,030 --> 00:05:43,300 We're in our guest bedroom. 108 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,970 When we were thinking about the design of this room, 109 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,530 we just wanted it to be very cozy. 110 00:05:49,570 --> 00:05:53,770 We found this very large weaving that we thought was just kind 111 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,400 of ideal colors for the room and just added a little bit 112 00:05:57,430 --> 00:05:59,200 of texture to all the wood. 113 00:05:59,230 --> 00:06:02,500 I really love that it kind of fills up this space. 114 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:06,700 There is a very special part of this room. 115 00:06:06,730 --> 00:06:10,730 You have to climb a very treacherous ladder to get to it. 116 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:13,270 It's one of our kids' favorite spots to hide out. 117 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:17,430 And it's just big enough for, like, a queen-sized mattress. 118 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,230 The original owners designed the home, built the home, 119 00:06:22,270 --> 00:06:23,470 for their family. 120 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,030 And they had young, young children. 121 00:06:25,070 --> 00:06:26,430 NATE ROSENTHAL: It was a home that really 122 00:06:26,470 --> 00:06:27,900 was built for this purpose. 123 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:30,130 And I think that was meaningful to us. 124 00:06:30,170 --> 00:06:32,400 We can always come back to this kind 125 00:06:32,430 --> 00:06:35,800 of slow down, simpler pace. 126 00:06:35,830 --> 00:06:39,030 I think it's really important to keep us grounded 127 00:06:39,070 --> 00:06:40,470 and not as busy. 128 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,230 So, yeah. 129 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:47,330 Welcome to the primary bedroom. 130 00:06:47,370 --> 00:06:50,630 We have a window that goes all the way up to the ceiling. 131 00:06:50,670 --> 00:06:54,070 So you can be lying in bed and looking up at the stars 132 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:55,100 at the same time. 133 00:06:55,130 --> 00:06:56,930 It's pretty magical. 134 00:06:56,970 --> 00:06:59,330 This room really serves two purposes. 135 00:06:59,370 --> 00:07:00,630 It's obviously a bedroom. 136 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,770 But it's great to just sit right in this chair, 137 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,700 look out at the ocean, and just listen. 138 00:07:05,730 --> 00:07:07,800 It's a great room for that, for relaxing, 139 00:07:07,830 --> 00:07:10,870 for enjoying music, books. 140 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:13,370 Just relaxing and staring off into the distance. 141 00:07:15,270 --> 00:07:16,570 All right. 142 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,530 So we're heading upstairs to our library and our kids' room 143 00:07:20,570 --> 00:07:21,900 as well. 144 00:07:21,930 --> 00:07:26,930 This is a room that is full of books and puzzles and games, 145 00:07:26,970 --> 00:07:29,870 and a little swing that was left behind, 146 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,530 too, from our previous owners that we love. 147 00:07:37,030 --> 00:07:38,430 All right. 148 00:07:38,470 --> 00:07:39,700 Not too fast, though. 149 00:07:39,730 --> 00:07:41,700 The cherry on top was when we took 150 00:07:41,730 --> 00:07:45,070 that walk for the first time down the path to the beach 151 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:49,930 and realized our backyard was a massive sandy beach with access 152 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:51,530 to this amazing coast. 153 00:07:55,270 --> 00:07:57,400 The kids get so much energy from nature. 154 00:07:57,430 --> 00:07:59,770 That's one of the things that was so exciting about Sea Ranch 155 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,870 to us is giving the kids that exposure and that opportunity 156 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,230 that you don't get necessarily, like, in the city in Oakland. 157 00:08:07,270 --> 00:08:11,770 Our kids are almost 9 and 6 that they can do a lot more. 158 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,730 And we can do a lot more as a family together, like exploring. 159 00:08:15,770 --> 00:08:17,930 You know, last time we were here, I think this was off then. 160 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:23,670 We met when we were living in Chicago. 161 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:26,600 I think we always were interested in going West. 162 00:08:26,630 --> 00:08:28,900 Once we got out here, we also thought like, well, we'll just 163 00:08:28,930 --> 00:08:31,930 do it for a couple of years and we'll see if it fits 164 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:34,230 and if we like it. 165 00:08:34,270 --> 00:08:37,200 It just seemed like California had it all. 166 00:08:37,230 --> 00:08:39,799 Coming out here and seeing seals 167 00:08:39,830 --> 00:08:44,870 and whales and all sorts of bird life is just-- it's incredible. 168 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:48,470 You have the time to be with family 169 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:51,600 and do kind of the simpler things. 170 00:08:51,630 --> 00:08:53,500 It's going outside. 171 00:08:53,530 --> 00:08:54,500 It's walking. 172 00:08:54,530 --> 00:08:56,430 It's exploring things. 173 00:08:56,470 --> 00:08:57,830 It's discovering. 174 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,800 You know, you're just constantly inspired by the surroundings. 175 00:09:03,230 --> 00:09:07,530 We feel incredibly lucky to be able to spend time here. 176 00:09:07,570 --> 00:09:10,830 Like, every time we arrive, I have a sense of peace 177 00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:13,830 and feeling so grateful.