Portfolio - "Misty" Remastered

“Opportunities like the Play Misty house are a challenging and exciting puzzle”

The scene opens with an aerial view of the Carmel coastline. The camera pans to Clint Eastwood standing on the deck of a California Highlands ranch-style home. The view in this shot is the reason Mr. Eastwood chose this iconic house for his directorial debut, Play Misty For Me: it sits precariously cantilevered over a cliff’s edge, where Jessica Walters’ character ultimately meets her fate on the rocks below.

Fast forward forty years, and the home remained all but frozen in time, still poised proudly on the bluff but in need of many improvements. The proud new owners called on Carmel-based Braden Sterling of Sterling-Huddleson Architecture with a request to maintain the charm and scale of the 1900-square-foot cottage while updating the finishes and incorporating design features in the spirit and understated subtlety of the Big Sur region.

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