The Heritage Valley, California, home of interior designer Sarah Walker and her husband, art dealer Robert Gunderman, is surrounded by Los Padres National Forest and the San Fernando and Simi valleys.
In the foyer, wrought-iron chandeliers hang above an antique Turkish rug and a pair of vintage Mexican chairs; a painting by John Sonsini sits below Heather Guertin’s Immaterial.
The living room features a set of vintage Hans Wegner Round chairs, a tufted leather Chesterfield sofa, and a Danish rocking chair. A pine mantel is mounted above the stucco and brick fireplace.
The ceiling pendant and slipcovered Parsons armchairs in the dining room are from Restoration Hardware.
In the master bedroom, Raku lamp bases flank a bed dressed in a vintage Indian kantha quilt; the area rug is Moroccan.
A folding screen and a brass floor lamp accentuate the living room’s Milo Baughman Shelter sofa and a vintage Mogens Hansen armchair.
Tomory Dodge’s oil on canvas High Tonnage Captain hangs above a vintage John Keal bench in the dining room. The standing sculpture is Spitball, by Martin Kersels.
A vintage Finn Juhl chair and ottoman sit in front of the great room’s stucco fireplace. The African mask is from a trip Gunderman took to Mount Kilimanjaro.
A fountain planted with succulents.
A sitting area with teak chairs from Crate and Barrel and a cocktail table from Kingsley-Bate.
The property includes nearly 100 citrus trees.
On the patio, vintage Bertoia side chairs and a side table from Pottery Barn sit beneath a marble-topped ledge displaying flora and fruit gathered on the property.
Vintage Brown Jordan chairs and side tables sit on the pool deck, which is clad in custom tiles from Arto.
This article appears in the December 2015 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens).