“Good design is intelligence made visible.”
- Le Corbusier
Julie’s House
Mill Valley, California
Where I live in Mill Valley with one husband, two children, and one cat, after a complete remodel, presided over by Jerome Buttrick of Buttrick Wong Architects.
TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JULIE
1. Lives: Mill Valley, CA, with husband, Josh, two children, one Abyssinian cat.
2. Has Lived: Providence; RI; Manhattan; London; Del Mar, CA.
3. Housework: Renovated 1950s beach shack in Del Mar; overhauled 1970s Mill Valley house.
4. First Job: Cleaning Lillian Saarinen’s (wife of Eero) summer house in Wellfleet, MA.
5. Highest-Prestige, Lowest-Paying Job: Editorial staffer at The New Yorker.
6. Last Item I Bought for My House: Set of handblown Henry Dean water glasses.
7. First Bike: White Peugeot 10-Speed.
8. Favorite perfume: Miller et Bertaux Eau du Parfum #3.
9. Seminal Academic Moment: History of American Architecture with William Jordy at Brown University.
10. Favorite iconic midcentury piece:
Arne Jacobsen teak stool for Fritz Hansen.
