Architect: Howard Backen

Photographer: Shade Degges

Florist: Kate Stuart Jeremias

09.Golden Coast Contemporary — 2018

We loved working with legendary architect, the late Howard Backen whose signature open air transitional spaces are highlighted here in this exceptional home. It was a dream to create spaces, where the walls could quite literally disappear to create a fluid experience of indoor and outdoor living in northern California.

Raised in California and established in the pacific palisades in 2008
by sisters Marie Turner Carson and Emily Turner Barker

M. ELLE is a second-generation interior design practice
rooted in the decorative arts traditions
of classic-contemporary American style
and the quietly crafted West Coast edit of
casual elegance

© 2025 M.Elle
All Rights Reserved

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Raised in California and established in the pacific palisades in 2008 by sisters Marie Turner Carson and Emily Turner Barker

M. ELLE is a second-generation interior design practice rooted in the decorative arts traditions of classic-contemporary American style and the quietly crafted West Coast edit of casual elegance

© 2025 M.Elle All Rights Reserved

Site Credits

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Raised in California and established in the pacific palisades in 2008
by sisters Marie Turner Carson and Emily Turner Barker

M. ELLE is a second-generation interior design practice
rooted in the decorative arts traditions
of classic-contemporary American style
and the quietly crafted West Coast edit of
casual elegance

© 2025 M.Elle
All Rights Reserved