A newly built estate and guest house on 2 acres in Sonoma is currently listed for $15,500,000. Set by a vineyard and centering around a courtyard, the modern five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom home achieves a powerful elegance through premium materials, pleasing geometry and restrained but inspired use of color.
Neutral, rich hues of brown throughout the home’s design evoke Pantone’s 2025 color of the year, Mocha Mousse. The home’s warm design and color palette earned it a feature in Cottages & Gardens magazine.
Limewashed walls, marbles, handmade tiles and wood cladding are just some of the premium materials that sing through the design. Simplicity and detail combine to make spectacular design “moments” throughout the 6,859-square-foot home.
The layout of every room has a strong sense of balance, punctuated with contrasting finishes. For example, custom white oak cabinets flank large slabs of Calacatta marble in the kitchen. The stone is placed so the variegation runs at alternating diagonals, creating visual movement in the quiet space.
A built-in bench runs the length of the hallway, on which sit a series of tonal pillows to provide comfort but also a sense of movement down the hall. Accent lighting illuminates the vertical trio of alcove shelves.
The tranquil palette of white oak, hemlock and Accoya woods on the floors, cabinetry and ceiling provides a warm backdrop on which gentle touches of color shine. The honey-hued walk-in closet is enlivened just enough by a plum ottoman that provides a comfortable spot to sit. Vertical tiles lend a gentle blue to the wet bar’s backsplash. An avocado green chair and headboard provide some rich jewel tone in the bedroom.
One bathroom has lime-washed walls combined with Zellige tiles in a deep gray — a departure from the rest of the home’s palette that is surprising and successful.
The smoothness of lime-washed walls yield focus to the soft geometry of the home’s repeating arches. The roundness is echoed in the custom-made and selected sofas, chairs and recliners — all of which come with the sale of the house.
Each room has a view into the courtyard with a pool and spa. The main room enjoys the setting through 14-foot sliding glass doors.
The home is the work of Ridge Design + Build, a local, family-owned business started by the late Alan Jay ‘A. J.’ Tudisco. The firm is now run by his children Allegra Diggins, Aaron Tudisco and daughter-in-law Sena Tudisco. The elder Tudisco was a designer and builder who, according to Aaron, “cared deeply about the details.” His children consider themselves “stewards of his passion and of his craft.”
For more information on 1608 Ridge Valley Road in Sonoma, contact listing agents Gina Clyde, 707-529-8504, Daniel Casabonne, 707-494-3130, 707-939-2222, Sotheby’s International Realty – Wine Country, ventanasonoma.com
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