A contemporary residence stepping down the bluff above the Pismo Beach cove, built by Schaefer Custom Homes — with a custom walnut cabinetry program running through every working room of the house, from the kitchen and scullery to the wine cellar.
The residence sits at the edge of Pismo Beach, where the shelf of the coast drops away to the water and the sun sets straight down the axis of the living room. The architecture — by Schaefer Custom Homes, their latest on the Central Coast — steps down the bluff in three storeys of stone, glass, and pale stucco, with pocket-glass corners that open whole rooms to the horizon and a roof terrace looking back over the cove.
Inside, the house runs on two materials: white oak overhead and underfoot — the ceilings, the wide-plank floors, and the floating stair that climbs a glass shaft through all three storeys — and walnut in the millwork. The walnut program carries through every working room: the kitchen with its quartzite waterfall island, the scullery behind it with an apron-front sink and its own wine fridge, the floating bath vanities, the laundry, the media wall, and the glass-walled wine cellar with its live-edge tasting shelf.
Below: the house from the water side in, ending in the cellar at its quietest corner.
One custom walnut program, drawn to the plan and carried from the kitchen down to the cellar — built by Schaefer Custom Homes on the bluff at Pismo Beach.
The main kitchen in walnut under the oak ceiling — quartzite waterfall island with breakfast bar, tall appliance walls, and glass pocket doors to the water. Behind it, a full scullery with an apron-front farmhouse sink, stone splash, dark-stone serving run, and wine refrigeration.
Floating walnut vanities with lit mirrors in the primary and guest baths, the freestanding tub set into the sunset corner window, a black-stone powder room with vessel basin and brass, and a walnut laundry with full-height storage.
A glass-walled wine cellar with steel pin racking and a live-edge tasting shelf, and the family-room media wall in walnut — open shelving, concealed storage, and a window through to the wine display.