Mixing several components relevant to the owners and highlighting the surrounding nature, interior designer Marc Berger of Los Angeles-based Hunterhouse Design, has created an informal and comfortable residence, located off the Malibu hills, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Maximizing the ideal seaside location, Los Angeles-based Abramson Architects designed a large, low-profile, two-level residence that allows the ocean views to play a major role in most of the rooms.

This gave a perfect envelope to contain Berger?s eclectic, yet elegantly balanced interior that includes French and Italian Art Deco, mid-century modernist and other retro pieces, and mixes it all with contemporary items and art work.

The various wood elements, including flooring, ceilings, wall panelling, exposed beams and furnishings, add a sense of countryside and informality to reflect the owners? lifestyle. The owners are a young couple: a real-estate specialist and a professional horse rider, whose horses and dogs also live on the large plot of land.
The construction of the property has taken more than five years due to Malibu?s strict permitting and it is still not all completed. A guest house and barn are still to come.

In a move to bring the outside nature in, Marc Berger introduced the light stone used on exterior into the main fireplace and into the walls of one of the bathrooms.
Another stunning stone feature is in the living room: an emerald quartzite counter and backdrop, surrounded by Thom...