{"id":97711,"date":"2026-05-08T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/?post_type=realestate&#038;p=97711"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:16:44","slug":"frank-o-gehrys-italian-village-in-thousand-oaks","status":"publish","type":"realestate","link":"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/property\/2026\/05\/08\/frank-o-gehrys-italian-village-in-thousand-oaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank O. Gehry\u2019s Italian Village In Thousand Oaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cArchitecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness,&#8221; Frank O. Gehry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1024x683.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97719 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pond-ext-day-2-Full-1024x683.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank O. Gehry\u2019s Sirmai-Peterson House, is configured of seemingly random masonry and stucco structures that evoke memories of ancient Italian hill towns\u2014but in a California landscape\u2014that cascade gently down its site towards an arroyo and distant mountain views. This mid-career masterpiece was built in the 1980s, is accessed through an entry that is processional and non-linear, stepping down from a parking area, across a bridge over a lily pond where the structures, anchored by a tower, unfold cinematically as you move through and around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1024x564.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1536x846.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-2048x1128.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1920x1058.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20564%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97712 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20564%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1536x846.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-2048x1128.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1920x1058.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/south-ext-1-Full-1024x564.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, the material palette is restrained and simple\u2014including the same concrete block used on the exterior, is married with immaculately crafted galvanized steel, white walls, Douglas fir floors, plywood cabinetry and black slate floors. It was recently sold by the original owner of four decades, to a neighbor who had long admired it\u2014a buyer committed to responsible stewardship of an extraordinary dwelling\u2014as the marketing campaign was being finalized. Just uphill is a later guest house in board-formed concrete by the architect\/builder\/provocateur designer Brian May of BAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1024x760.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-2048x1520.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1920x1425.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20760%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97716 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20760%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-2048x1520.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1920x1425.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LR-3-Full-1024x760.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1024x683.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97715 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kitchen-2-Full-1024x683.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we share the video tour\u2014a love letter to a house\u2014that best tells the story of this extraordinary dwelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><iframe title=\"Inside Frank Gehry\u2019s Sirmai-Peterson House (1988) | Rare Gehry Home,  Guest House by Brian Murphy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FDqazZ0STqg?start=1164&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><iframe title=\"Inside Frank Gehry\u2019s Sirmai-Peterson House (1988) | Rare Gehry Home,  Guest House by Brian Murphy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FDqazZ0STqg?start=1164&#038;feature=oembed\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sirmai-Peterson House conveys more than just an Italian hill town, it brings to mind two early-1960s projects; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Condominium_1#:~:text=Condominium%201%20was%20the%20first,was%20designed%20by%20Charles%20W.\">Condominium 1 at The Sea Ranch<\/a> (a collection of shed-like redwood structures, anchored by a tower) and Eero Saarinen\u2019s&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/kierantimberlake.com\/work\/morse-and-ezra-stiles-residential-colleges\/\">Ezra Stiles and Morse Colleges<\/a> at Yale University. Although much larger\u2014Saarinen\u2019s collection of masonry structures wrapping around secluded gardens that are anchored by a tower\u2014was certainly known by Gehry, who taught at Yale as a visiting professor in the 1980s. Saarinen and Gehry shared a love of sweeping forms and unorthodox structures in simple materials, like Saarinen\u2019s timber <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ingalls_Rink\">Ingalls Rink<\/a> at Yale, prefiguring Gehry\u2019s hand-hammered titanium-shingled <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao\">Guggenheim Museum Bilbao<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1024x675.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-2048x1350.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1920x1265.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20675%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97717 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20675%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-2048x1350.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1920x1265.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/guesthouse-bed-4-Full-1024x675.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above, Brian May&#8217;s board-formed, pured concrete guest house. Below, Gehry&#8217;s bathrooms in the main house are an essay in generic simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1024x683.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97713 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bath-1C-Full-1024x683.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gehry only built a few homes, as his practice would be dominated by large civic projects that left an indelible mark on global architecture. This historic property was represented by architectural specialists <a href=\"http:\/\/@brian__linder\">Brian Linder, AIA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/@rickgrahn1\">Rick Grahn<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalueofarchitecture.com\/\">The Value of Architecture<\/a> team at Compass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1024x638.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-97714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1536x956.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-2048x1275.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1920x1195.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20638%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-97714 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20638%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1536x956.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-2048x1275.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1920x1195.jpg 1920w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.californiahomedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pool-Full-1024x638.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Cameron Carothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":97718,"template":"","property-region":[4842],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frank O. 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