‘The hardest one to leave’ immaculately maintained Sea Cliff home enjoys sprawling backyard, views of the Golden Gate

‘The hardest one to leave’ immaculately maintained Sea Cliff home enjoys sprawling backyard, views of the Golden Gate Remodeling projects often steer homeowners toward exasperated, obscenity-laced tirades by revealing a previously unknown complication or design flaw. The home looks out at a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and includes a remodeled eat-in kitchen, inviting public rooms and a tiled solarium opening to a spacious, drought-tolerant garden. Structurally, the home was in great shape, but finishes in vogue when Lyndon Johnson was president had to go. Gone are details like plastic towel racks and tacky wood paneling. In its place are updated bathrooms with Caesarstone counters and a reconfigured floor plan designed by Anne Sejvar’s sister, architect Mary White. White subway tiles and stainless steel pendant lights accessorize the modern and expanded kitchen. Bar seating along the counter is beneath a view window and beside doors opening to a deck that looks over the Golden Gate Bridge. The lower-level solarium connected to an expanded garden appealed to the couple instantly. The solarium — with curved windows maximizing exposure to natural light and terra cotta-hued tile floor — is largely the same as when the couple moved in. Anne Sejvar generously recalls the overgrown landscape as “lush” and said they yanked out most of the vegetation in favor of decomposed granite and drought-tolerant plantings.