Sweeping gestures of stewardship, like maintaining the home’s original silhouette and materiality, shouldn’t eclipse the dozens of small, almost invisible acts: letting lichen thrive on the original stone fireplace, for instance, or simply reversing the cozy primary bedroom’s door swing to fit a larger bed. Even the cellar went unscathed, its 400-plus bottles included in the sale—a tribute to the wine-fueled pact the homeowners made in Paris. The self-proclaimed Sea Ranch Wine Club’s idea of a good time is playing roulette with vintages—Jung says their odds of finding a well-aged winner haven’t exceeded 50-50.
In the kitchen and entry, the designer translated the cellar’s cylindrical terra-cotta bottle holders into a concrete floor pattern with a natural patchiness that mirrors the forest’s shifting light—a reminder that the house moves in rhythm with the world around it.
“Everywhere you look, you see nature reflected back,” says Jung. “That constant play between outside and in is what makes this place so special.”
