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ALEXIS GARRETT: The idea of
growing two young boys in

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this house felt really awesome.

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It just felt like there's so
much space for them to play in.

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There's a big tree for
them to explore in.

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I always joke that our
house is very analog.

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I guess I really thought that
this house would help raise

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boys who were really intentional
and thought things through

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and appreciated
really simple things.

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I would say Leucadia
is known for being

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a pretty sleepy beach town.

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The ocean is definitely
year round as a place to go.

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We weren't actively
looking for a house at all,

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but I was looking
at the pictures,

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and I was just like overwhelmed
with how amazing the house was.

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Come on, Bert.

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ALEXIS GARRETT: To
find a historical house

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or an old home in this
area is pretty unique.

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There's not very many left.

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I think the charm and
mystery of this house

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is that it has lived
many different lives,

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and I think that's part of
the magic of this house.

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The house is very beachy casual.

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It is definitely eclectic.

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It's very white, kind of
like just a white canvas.

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So we're not on
the sand, but it's

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very much a coastal
home, especially

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when you look out the windows.

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You're reminded of the ocean.

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You can see a little peak of
the ocean through our trees.

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This is definitely
the epicenter of where

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we spend a lot of time,
especially on the weekends,

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and just has the most awesome
light all throughout the day.

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There's these really
cool super-high transom

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windows that cast shadows
around the house all day long.

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The only thing we didn't
paint in here were the beams.

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Everything was as dark if
not darker than the beams

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throughout the house.

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The home was built in 1924.

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It has lived many
different lives,

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and I only know
about the last seven.

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I don't know about the last 93.

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So that's why I'm so drawn
to things that are old.

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I just think that
they have a bit

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of a story that is
kind of mysterious,

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because I don't fully know it.

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Like right above the
entryway to the kitchen

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there is an area in
the house that are all

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these really cool artifacts.

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One of the owners of the
home was a woman named Pauline

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Oliveros, and she was a really
avant garde musician and artist

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and way ahead of her
time, but we presume

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that she put this in
which was this collection

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of artifacts from friends and
guests and her and others.

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And when we first moved here,
we thought we would take it

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down, because it's very dusty.

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It still is.

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It's still very dusty.

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It's pretty dirty.

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We thought we'd take it down
and just frame everything,

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but then as we looked at it,
it just-- it's super delicate,

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and we thought that
the best way to honor

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it was to leave it and then
actually contribute to it.

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This is the woman who
used to live here,

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and that's her on a bench that's
actually still in the yard.

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So this is in the
backyard of her planner.

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ALEXIS GARRETT: I love
that she's barefoot.

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ROSS GARRETT: Yeah, barefoot
playing her accordion.

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That's super fun to see
the relic of that bench

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that's still in our garden now.

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ROSS GARRETT: Yeah,
when you almost

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get to fill in the blanks with
the house about who was here

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and what they were
doing, and you know,

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it's a little bit
of fantasy, but it's

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super fun to think about.

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ALEXIS GARRETT: This kitchen,
it's not a big space.

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It's a tiny kitchen,
and so I wanted

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to get creative on
how to have storage

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but then to also have
it feel more open.

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All of these we use every day.

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Like I said, they're all--

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it's really our pantry items,
because we don't have a pantry.

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We store food in
these four, but other

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than that, up here
and down here and then

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our little baby
Smeg refrigerator

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is really where everything is.

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I take a ton of inspiration
from where we live.

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I absolutely love you know
when you look at a seashell,

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at first glance, it might
not have very much color,

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but when you really look at
it, there's so much going on.

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All the things that
we find on the beach

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are a huge part of our home.

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Cons and Henry, I saw you
guys get some good ones today.

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Henry.

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Hey.

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I you even see-- you
got a little barrel.

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Who?

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Henry did in front of daddy.

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So did I.

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Oh, yeah.

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I burned that, and
then I got barreled.

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and then did a turn.

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If you burn daddy--

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it's funny because I
actually don't surf,

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but surfing is a huge
part of our life.

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My husband, Ross, has been
surfing since he was 12

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and worked in the surf
industry up until a year ago,

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and our boys are insanely
passionate about it.

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They are building surfboards,
or they're watching surfing.

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They're talking about surfing.

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They're very immersed,
and I love it.

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This is my son Conrad's room.

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This is very Conrad.

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Part of a cottage is to make
it feel really comfortable,

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and it's really easy to
have spaces over designed,

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and I wanted them to feel really
comfortable in their space.

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Whatever they want on the
walls, posters or surfboards

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or whatever, I just want
them to feel like it's

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a special spot for them.

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He made this little surf
rack, and he's so proud of it,

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and I think it's
awesome, and these

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are his boards and actually
a couple of these boards--

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this one he shaped himself.

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So this is Henry's
room, and I think

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one of the sweetest
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is you can definitely
feel his love of surfing,

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and so one of his things
that he's been really into

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is old VHS tapes.

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So he got this
little VHS TV player

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that he's been watching his old
movies on, which is pretty fun.

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If I had to say what the
story of this house is

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and really what the heart and
intention behind this house is,

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I would say it's to
slow down, that it's

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to do really simple things.

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Ross and my intention to try
to keep the house as analog as

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possible is to create space
for connection, because that's

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really where the magic happens.

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It happens when the
dishes are done,

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and when you create space
to be sitting on the couch,

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and your kids start
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There are just these
little treasures of moments

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that we've spent
together on the beach.

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I think it's helped us to be
really connected as a family,

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and I think that's
really special too,

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and I feel really grateful
that we're together.

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