Tahoe Truckee | Residential Design · Land Use Planning · Permit Plans
TAHOE CITY LAKEFRONT
TAHOE CITY LAKEFRONT
Chinquapin Condominiums, Tahoe City California
CONDOMINIUM COMPLETE REMODEL
Project Team
Designer:
MASTRIDICASA / Gary McKelvey Architect Collaboration
Contractor:
Welling Construction
Interior Designer:
Aspen Leaf Interiors
Complete Condominium Remodel | Chinquapin Condominiums, Tahoe City, California
A lakefront condominium remodel shaped around view, light, privacy, and a more natural way of living at the edge of Lake Tahoe.
Facing east-southeast across the water, this condominium already had the one thing that could not be improved: its relationship to the lake. The work was about everything around it — rethinking the interior plan, improving private spaces, refining the arrival sequence, and creating a calmer, more functional home without competing with the view.
We collaborated with Gary McKelvey Architect, Aspen Leaf Interiors, and Welling Construction to help transform the residence through a complete interior remodel. Nearly every interior wall was reconsidered, and the finishes were updated from floor to ceiling.
The design approach was simple: let the lake remain the main event.
Open living spaces, reworked private rooms, a more generous powder room, refined en-suites, and carefully edited finishes helped the home feel more settled, more useful, and more connected to its setting.
The result is a Tahoe lakefront residence that feels quiet, warm, and deeply tied to the view.
PRIMARY VIEW CORRIDOR
The kitchen overlooks the sunken living room and opens toward long views across Lake Tahoe and the east shore.
This view corridor became one of the organizing ideas of the remodel. The interior needed to feel open and connected, but not stripped of warmth or intimacy. The result is a main living area that keeps the lake present without making the room feel exposed.
GREAT ROOM
The updated fireplace and masonry wall are placed to support the room without competing with the lake.
In a lakefront home, restraint matters. The room needed warmth, texture, and a natural gathering point, but the view still needed room to breathe.
The design gives the space a grounded interior focus while keeping attention where it belongs: toward the water, light, and horizon.
MINIMALIST RUSTIC POWDER
The powder room was completely reshaped to create a more generous and refined experience within a compact footprint.
Small spaces often reveal the quality of a remodel. With better planning, cleaner proportions, and carefully selected finishes, the room became more useful, more comfortable, and more aligned with the rest of the home.
Backing into the powder room and vestibule angular wall revisions, the shower compartment offers a unique and luxurious bathing experience.
GUEST ROOM
Lake View Primary Suite
A private retreat with room to rest, work, and look out across Lake Tahoe.
The primary suite was shaped around the view, with a dedicated workspace, quiet seating area, and direct connection to the deck.
Rather than compete with the lake, the room stays calm and useful — a place to begin the day, answer a few emails, read, rest, and return to the water just beyond the glass.
PRIMARY SUITE
Built-In Storage + Lake View
A calmer primary suite with storage designed into the room, not added around it.
The custom wardrobe and closet system gives the primary suite generous storage while keeping the room quiet, organized, and open to the lake.
With seating, workspace, deck access, and views across Lake Tahoe, the suite was designed to support daily life without letting function interrupt the calm of the room.
PRIMARY OPEN EN-SUITE
Lake-Facing En-Suite
An open-concept bath designed around view, light, and retreat.
The primary suite en-suite was opened toward the lake, allowing the bath to share the same calm, view, and natural light as the rest of the room.
Instead of treating the bath as a hidden support space, the design makes it part of the suite’s larger experience: private, useful, and quietly connected to Lake Tahoe.
EN-SUITE & SAUNA
Private Sauna
A wellness feature integrated into the rhythm of the primary suite.
The sauna gives the open-concept en-suite a more complete retreat experience.
Placed within the primary suite, it supports a quiet sequence of bathing, warming, cooling down, resting, and returning to the lake view. It is not an added luxury object. It is part of how the suite lives.
