Tucked into the soft hills of San Rafael, a classic Eichler has been carefully restored and quietly transformed. Designed for a young, growing family, this Eichler renovation is more about return: back to rhythm, material honesty, and the enduring ease of mid-century form. The design, led by Karina Marshall of Marshall Interiors, and architect Blaine Architects, is as much an act of listening as it is of shaping.
The home’s original architectural language remains intact, now spoken with new fluency. Mahogany paneling wraps the interiors with a familiar warmth, anchoring the living spaces in wood and grain. Perforated sliding doors move in quiet dialogue with the home’s structure, restoring both privacy and flow. Nothing is added without intention; everything connects.
In collaboration with Blaine Architects, the footprint expanded to meet the needs of a modern family—two new bathrooms, a bedroom, an office, and a reimagined primary suite that borrows gently from adjacent space. The suite now unfolds with dual walk-in closets and a double shower that opens directly to the outdoors, a detail that feels both generous and inevitable.
Custom cabinetry, designed by Marshall Interiors and crafted by Ermin Hodzic of Woodcraft Plus, continues the language of line and texture. Every piece, every joint, is considered. Marmoleum flooring underfoot nods to the original material palette while offering a practical, tactile update. Large-format porcelain tile brings in durability without disrupting tone, its matte finish and scale quietly referencing vintage laminates.
Each bathroom speaks its own color story, with Mutina’s Primavera tile offering a playful contrast of tone and texture. Saturated hues meet soft light from newly placed skylights, turning these functional spaces into moments of pause. It’s a material narrative—one that feels curated, not designed.
Lawlor Construction carried the vision from draft to detail, preserving clarity through every phase. The finished home is unmistakably Marshall Interiors: mid-century modern, reinterpreted with a careful hand and contemporary eye.
This project is all about continuity. A home that holds its history not as an artifact, but as a framework—expanded, softened, and made new for the lives that unfold within it. It is, at its core, a restoration of rhythm.
