Home of the Day: Maximizing natural light and privacy in Venice

Designed by architect Tom Carson, this newly built Venice home incorporates windows, opaque glass and artful Ipe wood screens for a light-filled yet private interior. Exterior courtyards span the length of the home for seamless indoor-outdoor living.

Address: 1257 Palms Blvd., Venice, 90291

Price: $3.595 million

Built: 2016

Lot size: 6,656 square feet

House size: 3,890 square feet, four bedrooms, five bathrooms

Features: Open-concept floor plan; gourmet kitchen with Poggenpahl cabinets, Dekton counters, Spekva breakfast bar, new appliances; wine fridge; opaque glass walls; glass sliding doors; glass stair banisters with wood handrail; fireplace; recessed lighting; master bath with stand-alone soaking tub, floating cabinetry; skylights; Ipe wood balconies; multiple courtyards; hardwood floors.

About the area: The median sale price for single-family homes in the 90291 ZIP Code in June was $1.549, based on 20 sales, according to CoreLogic. That was a 14.4% decrease in median price compared with June 2015’s.

Agents: Kerry Ann Sullivan and Tamra Pardee, Halton Pardee and Partners, Inc., (310) 907-6517

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