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Following a contractor hiccup, the homeowners handled the renovation themselves—from the bold hues to built-ins.
"It was an emotional roller coaster," says visual designer Yaki Man. She’s referring to the two years and $195,000 that she and her architectural designer husband, Antoine Navarro, spent transforming their 1950 house in Murphys, California.
It all started with their dream of designing a house together from the ground up. But buying land in the San Francisco Bay Area, where they mainly reside, was cost prohibitive. So the couple zeroed in on Murphys, about 100 miles away, for a weekend place that would allow them to showcase their creativity, settling on a property comprising two lots—one with a 964-square-foot fixer-upper and the other vacant.
See the full story on Dwell.com: Before & After: For Less Than $200K, a Fixer-Upper in Northern California Becomes a Beacon of Color
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By: Dwell
Title: Before & After: For Less Than $200K, a Fixer-Upper in Northern California Becomes a Beacon of Color
Sourced From: www.dwell.com/article/maison-murphys-kinrro-murphys-california-01acae7c
Published Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:02:19 GMT
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