9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
The former home and studio office of San Francisco award-winning interior designer Michael Taylor, 9 25th Ave. has history, views — and one of the few private pools in the city. This incredible Sea Cliff mansion is a true example of the "California look," and could be yours for $32 million.
The term “the California look” is often applied to interior design that celebrates open spaces, natural light and materials, and enhances the glory of the outdoors (particularly if that outdoors includes a view of the ocean). But it was actually Taylor who developed and coined the name of this style in the 1970s and '80s. From there its popularity spread, in part because of its timelessness and its deep connection to the California landscape.
9 25th Avenue has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
Taylor, born in Modesto in the 1920s, grew up in the North Bay and attended the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Interior Design in San Francisco. Taylor’s official website outlines a career that took off shortly after his graduation. After working as an assistant to designers Archibald Taylor and Robert M. Kasper, as well as working for Breuner’s Furniture Company, Taylor began work at the design firm Taylor & Mihailoff in 1952.
“In 1956 he decided to open his own business. His successful career and contribution to interior design was acknowledged by the American Society of Interior Designers in 1984 with the ‘Designer of Distinction Award,’” the website says.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
Taylor’s signature California look was invented in and to some extent for 9 25th Ave., and Taylor developed this style working in his downstairs office. The 7,540-square-foot, five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom home showcases neutral palettes, natural light and materials such as stone, slate, wood and wicker.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
The outdoors blend with the indoors, not only because the house opens so dramatically to the Pacific Ocean, but also because of the abundance of plant life growing within the home itself.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
The style adds a decidedly casual, comfortable feeling to what would otherwise be an imposing mansion. There are three levels, from the main floor with its soaring ceiling and exposed beams, library, chef’s kitchen and staff bedroom suite to the top-floor primary suite with swanky bathrooms, offices and terraces to the lower level guest suite, lounge, tasting room and gym.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
This mansion, perched on a Sea Cliff bluff, commands almost a half-acre of land. A swimming pool sparkles in an interior courtyard, while the sea sparkles from the home’s westerly orientation.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
If you aren’t sold yet, add in a three-car garage complete with a Tesla charging station, and your own private access to Baker Beach.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
9 25th Avenue has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
9 25th Ave. has history, views and one of the few private pools in the city all for sale for $32 million.
A graduate of both UCSC and San Francisco State, Anna now divides her time between the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest. Her writing career started as a blog about the trials of renting in San Francisco; today Anna writes about real estate in both California and Seattle. Anna also teaches college writing. When not tracking the market, combing the MLS for intriguing properties, or inspiring future writers to care about the difference between a colon and a semicolon, Anna prefers the world outside of buildings and restores herself in forests and on beaches with her dog.