Sitzmark Remodel, Tahoe Donner

A remodel of a 1994 two-story house in Tahoe Donner, in Truckee. The work covered the kitchen, the great room and fireplace, the primary bath, the stair and a larger loft.

The design called for new and relocated windows and sliding doors on the north and west walls. The ground snow load here is 237 pounds per square foot, so opening those walls meant a shear wall retrofit and added holdowns, engineered and inspected before the walls were closed.

Inside: oak floors and stair with a brass handrail, plank walls, black and oak cabinets, stone counters, and a tiled fireplace wall with a linear gas fireplace. A bar is built into the space under the stair. The primary bath has an oak double vanity and a tiled walk-in shower.

Behind the walls: a heat pump paired with the existing furnace, an upgraded electrical panel and spray foam insulation.

Design by hanomoco design. Structural engineering by Shear Force Engineering. Built by Daoust Design and Construction. The Town of Truckee signed off the final inspection in October 2026.

Two-storey great room with dark stained plank walls, a tiled fireplace wall, oak floor, and an oak stair with a brass handrail.

Full-height dark glazed tile fireplace wall with a wall-mounted TV, linear gas fireplace and stone hearth, between tall windows.

Kitchen with black cabinets, oak upper cabinets, a dark stone island with three stools and three pendant lights.

Oak double vanity with a veined stone top, two sinks, brass faucets and three brass pendant lights in front of a large mirror.

Walk-in shower with glazed tile walls, a long recessed niche, a frameless glass door and brass shower fittings.

View from a great room toward a black and oak kitchen, under a dark plank wall with four interior windows.

Built-in bar in a triangular niche under a stair, with glass shelves, a dark stone counter and brass cabinet pulls.

Kitchen counter run with oak upper cabinets, black lower cabinets, a mirror backsplash and two picture windows onto pine trees.

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