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an drveway urnable desned o sn a full-szed vehle. rular

lvn roo wh odular leaher furnure. n auoaed ole wh a ldha rses as one aroahes. aered, furry felne. if hs sounds lke he

reaen for he laes l soof abou a eran nernaonal sy, hnk

aan. these are a few of he feaures ha dsnush he oneorary

manhaan Beah hoe ha Su and mela ddle share wh her a, mss

toodles.

the sory of how he ddles bul he resdene wh arhe J asola,

he reave fore behnd he landark hoe, has as any wss and urns as

he lo of a ood hrller, nus he daredevl suns. the ddles searhed

relessly for he erfe lo o buld her drea hoe, bu when an deal

ee of land beae avalable, develoers ofen bea he o he unh.

roery on manhaan Beah Boulevard ae o her aenon, however a

y reulaon ha forbade new onsruon where here was an exsn

sruure u a daer on he ddles lans. Bu fae nervened.

the owner of he roery alled e a year laer and sad he waned osell, realls asola. Shorly afer ha, he house on he lo burned down. i

was a lle susous, bu n he end Su and mela o he roery hey

waned.

s f he unanny n on he house re weren draa enouh, one

ore hurdle aeralzed. the y has a new onsruon ordnane ha

forbds bakn ou of a drveway ono manhaan Beah Boulevard, asola

says. So, i had hs dea. asola had worked on a roje for aor odney

anereld ha nvolved buldn an overszed urnable for an auooble.

asola reaed a sall-sale odel and resened o he y, whh ave

h he okay on he roje.

i was he shae of he urnable ha nuened he hoes fron seon,

a srkn ylnder ha rovdes a refreshn onras o he nehborn


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boxy, 1970s era aaren buldns. asola reds

d-enury odern arhe John auner for hensraon. es y favore arhe, asola says.

in arular, he lrod ouse nuened e on hs

house. asola s referrn o auners 1968 fuurs,

rular hoe n pal Srns, whh, nly enouh,

served as he sen for several senes n he Jaes

Bond l, aonds are orever.

3,500 square fee, he ddle resdene

orses a arae a sree level wh he an lvn

area on he seond oor. hrd sory onans wo

bedroos and an overszed ofe ha an leally be

dvded no wo bedroos.

ne of he os dsnushn haraerss

of he ddle house s he warh of s nerors. in

onras wh he soees serle feel of oderns

hoes, rea are was aken by asola and hs lens

o ensure ha he house fel nvn and nae.

alee of orane, aber and ohre ones ve eah

roo n he hoe a war enery. aural lh ours

n hrouh ulle wndows and skylhs, enhann

he rh brown and sea ones of he Brazlan uaru

wood oors. in he rle-shaed lvn roo, a ae

redwood eln oleens he suble loss of

he uaru oorn, balann he roos lare

roorons and vn a ore huan sale.

taseful deorave eleens hrouhou he hoe

reae an elean deree of enson beween he

odern and he radonal. n ornae murano lasshandeler oas above a saran, reanular wooden

dnn able ha mela fell n love wh n rzona. She

ood-nauredly reouns ha her ulsve urhase

use an neror desner o he deree ha she

droed he oule as lens.

the onroversal able ss a he junure where

he hoes rular fron oron nerses wh he

reanular rear. Soehn seal has o haen

where he rle and reanle ee, asola says. i s

a hs nerseon where he hoe rses o a draa,

lof-lke sae on he hrd oor. in onras, he bak

oron of he hoe s he ore nae, daly lvn

sae, a suble ranson fro he rular orons

foraly.

n he oher sde of he oules lean khen,

a breakfas nook wh odular, d-enury syle

hars looks ou on a ranqul, Jaanese-nuened

bakyard. thanks o he uward slon lo, asola

was able o desn he hoe so ha he an lvn

area onnes wh he bakyard. the bedroos are

on o, whh s where hey should o, noes asola.

lo of houses n hs area are bul usde-down n

order o e he vew. ou sare lvably beause

you lose all onneon o he round.

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in he suer onhs, he ddles ake full use of her

bakyard, adhern o he oderns one of arryn

ndoor and oudoor sae. waer feaure and bonsa rees

onrbue o he sense of ranquly n he arden, whh s

no whou a ouh of whsy. nursery was on ou of

busness so we bouh a raffe oary ree, says Su. ow

looks lke a oodle.

nles and urves ake bold saeens ndoors and ou,

and a rane khen sland s no exeon. Shaed lke a

resen oon, he urve of he sland reaes vsual neres as

one oves fro he enryway o he bak of he house. ne

of y rofessors n arheure shool sad ha eah buldn

should have an eleen of exeen, asola says. ths swhy we have he on on he end of he sland.

ddn o he novely s an absra ural on he wall ha

sans fro he seond-oor lvn sae all he way o he hrd

oor where he bedroos are. nled Sausal edondo as a

nod o he beah es hsory, he urals orane, ahoany

and slae ones oleen he dor of he house. coneved

by a loal ars, he roess was no whou s own sense of

draa enson. melas ofe, loaed n he hrd-oor lof

sae, faes he ural. the ars sen a onh of weekends

ann he ural, reouns mela. hen he rs sared

workn on , i ould see h fro y ofe and id hnk, h

y osh, f we don lke hs, we an jus ake down and u n a lose. Bu s beauful.

sars, wo bedroos wh ensue bahs orse he

reanular wn of he hoe. ro he eaeful sllness of he

aser bedroo, s hard o beleve ha busy manhaan Beah

Boulevard s jus a few ses fro he fron door. Brazlan

eak oors war u he seond oor, a deson mela does

no rere dese havn ornally lobbed for wall-o-wall

aren n he bedroos.

mela, a ouny ollee onlne nsruor, and Su, an

enneer who works n oudoor adversn, enjoy raveln all

over he world. Bu wha hey ss he os whle heyre on he

road s her elaborae aser bah. sa ub saous enouhfor wo s he eneree of he sae, whh s ooded by

naural lh fro lare wndows, oaque for rvay. the ole,

whh doubles as an auoaed uroean bde, was nsred

by he oules nernaonal sojourns and ould easly n a

oe of toorrow exhbon.

the fuure, erhas as John auner would have envsoned

, s alve and well n Sus saous rular ofe, whh s a

edaon n oderny. ro hs desk, he enjoys an exansve

vew of he manhaan Beah er and palos Verdes. s easy as

s o ane a haraer fro a Bond l lon hs nex

ove here, he ddles oves are rooed n realy. ere

luky o be here, says mela esur n oward he roos senanoraa, and have he luxury of seen he rea blue.

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