Tucked into the redwoods in Mill Valley, California, a quaint city north of San Francisco, Holly Hollenbeck found her diamond in the rough. “The house was in really poor repair,” the principal designer of HSH Interiors recalls of the country Queen Anne–style Victorian with historic designation. The previous owners had abandoned an intended remodel after stripping the interiors to the studs, while the property became overgrown with weeds and tall grasses.
She spent three years turning the historic dwelling into their family home. With help from architect Wendy Posard, they reworked the interior architecture, built an 1,800-square-foot addition, and restored the exterior to its original beauty—in large part by replacing the ornate fish-scale and chevron shingles with new hand-cut replicas.
