This Midcentury Home in Marin Doubles as a Design Lab
Henrybuilt founder and CEO Scott Hudson works with his team to transform a 1961 residence into a company retreat and testing grounds.
Henrybuilt founder and CEO Scott Hudson works with his team to transform a 1961 residence into a company retreat and testing grounds.
In 2016, Henrybuilt founder and CEO Scott Hudson and his wife purchased a 1961 residence in Mill Valley, California. Set just above Muir Woods, not far from the company’s showroom, the home would come to serve as a retreat and an innovation lab for the Henrybuilt team—but first, it needed a full gut renovation.
The Ridge House is designed "to emphasize a feeling of refined shack," says Henrybuilt founder and CEO, Scott Hudson.
Photo by Daniel Bernauer
Scott personally drove each nail into the yakisugi cypress siding, which the team sourced from Portland, Oregon–based Nakamoto Forestry.
Photo by Daniel Bernauer
Scott saw the remodel as an opportunity to give every element of the 900-square-foot home, now known as the Ridge House, the Henrybuilt touch. "I was focused on having it feel more detailed in terms of design and craft than a typical midcentury house—but at the same time, having everything feel appropriate to the original architecture," he says.
"We had the idea to stop doing showrooms, and to start doing houses that our staff can travel to, so that they can actually live with the product, and learn through experience how to improve it," explains Scott.
Photo by Daniel Bernauer
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