A notable addition to Sonoma’s real estate inventory is the home of astronaut Russell “Rusty” Schweickart, who piloted the Apollo 9 lunar module that made way for the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The well-traveled Schweickart settled on a sweet patch of earth on Sonoma’s east side, where he has called home since 2000.

The three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,071-square-foot dwelling is now listed for $2,500,000.

At the entrance, the light-drenched, high-ceilinged foyer shines in this circa-1991 home. A grand double staircase leads to the upstairs, which includes a library.

An orangerie — a home addition designed to serve as a greenhouse — has repeating French and transom windows, plus skylights. The structure creates a light-flooded seating area with generous views to the gardens and, predictably, the stars.

The home includes an updated kitchen. The grounds are lush with mature plantings.

For more information on this home at 760 Fifth St. E. in Sonoma, contact listing agent Kathleen Leonard, Compass Real Estate, 135 W. Napa St., Suite 200, Sonoma, 707-287-4314, kathleenleonard.com, compass.com

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A circa-1940s cottage on a woodsy half acre along Salmon Creek in Occidental has hit the market. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home has 1,340 square feet of vintage charm and is listed for $799,000.

Stained glass, open-beam ceilings, built-ins and wainscoting are some of the cherished classic details. Upgrades include Schoolhouse Electric lighting and a Fireclay hearth.

The grassy yard enjoys patches of sunlight and shade through redwoods. There’s a deck and a spa from which to enjoy the setting. Toe-dipping in Salmon Creek is just a few steps away. Free wine tastings at Occidental’s Bohème Wines is a mere three-minute drive.

For more information on this property at 2770 Bohemian Highway in Occidental, contact listening agent Emily Beaven, Compass, 415-730-9759, emilybeaven.com 

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A grandly scaled, Spanish-style home in Sonoma is currently listed for sale. The five-bedroom, six-bathroom estate and guesthouse sit on 6.25 acres with a pond, pool and gardens teeming with many varieties of flowers and trees. The sellers are seeking $8,800,000.

The 5,736-square-foot home has rustic and traditional styling: iron fixtures, plaster walls, arched doorways, wide-plank wood floors and paned windows.

The home has other charming and not-often-seen amenities. There’s a spectacular four-way fireplace centered in the open living room area. The gourmet kitchen has a live-edge walnut countertop and the butler’s pantry is sun-lit thanks to a good-sized window with shutters.

The guesthouse on top of the garage has a wraparound balcony. A below-ground wine cellar in the home is clad in the area’s native rock. There’s an illuminated greenhouse for growing plants year-round.

For more information on this home at 18455 Half Moon St. in Sonoma, contact listing agents Matt Sevenau, 707-934-5630, or Maurice Tegelaar, 707-484-8088, Compass Real Estate, 135 W. Napa St., Suite 200, Sonoma, compass.com

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A foodie’s and design lover’s dream home is currently listed for sale. The three-bedroom, five-bathroom modern dwelling sits on 8.42 acres with a ¼-acre culinary garden. The listing price is $3,395,000.

Exceedingly minimal and modern, the home’s design was a collaboration between architect Lars Langberg, landscape design firm Merge Studio and the homeowner, New York fashion designer Viviane Farre. Farre came to Sebastopol in search of a property where she could grow her own food.

The home has a truly all-white interior. Glossy cabinets and shelves have a sleek profile and provide lots of storage. Window and triple-panel glass sliders allow heaps of sunlight indoors while also framing the outdoor setting — a massive and gently sloping lawn, a bountiful orchard and the Mayacamas mountains in the distance. Light wood floors throughout provide a gentle but sure anchor to the look.

Stainless steel appliances provide contrasting sparkle in the hardworking kitchen, which has two dishwashers. The design’s blank-slate quality allows the culinary happenings to take focus. Accents are pleasingly scant, like the green door and green chairs with a branch-like patterned back that echoes the foodie sentiment. 

The ¼-acre garden gives life to the plan via its rows of herbs, fruits, vegetables and cutting flowers. With the use of hoop houses, the homeowner can grow many crops year round. 

In addition to all the food-focused design, the home includes an auxiliary space that can host a different kind of jam: a music studio equipped for recording.

For more information on 505 Dusty Lane, Sebastopol, contact listing agents Russ and Sandra White, Sonoma County Properties, 9056 Graton Road, Graton, 707-486-2131, 707-823-2502, 505dustylane.com

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 A luxury home in the Sonoma hills — complete with distant San Francisco views — is available for sale. The new three-bedroom, three-bathroom, five-half-bathroom dwelling has a detached office or guest room. It sits on 15 wooded acres that include a pool and tennis court. The asking price is $12,000,000.

The modern building has three split-level stories of offset spaces that allow for rooftop patios on the second story. Bold brick-red siding accents the mostly white exterior and is repeated in the outdoor lounges and on the detached office.

Floor-to-ceiling windows and the open-concept layout allows for showstopping views throughout the home. The interior design’s clean lines and white interiors yield to the outdoor setting, but many indoor finishes provide a beautiful counterpoint.

Amid tranquil whites and creams, there are saturated design surprises. Super knotty wood planks on the great room ceiling crown the airy space with rustic elegance. Walnut-stained shelves offer an all-over richness in the library, as do chocolate brown walls in the dining room. A sagey-gray tile backsplash and a teal upholstered banquette pop in the kitchen. A bathroom is accented via a pixelated floral backsplash made of white and ochre micro-mosaic tiles. Hanging teardrops of brass and glass create an unconventional room divider in a living room.

Amenities include a cabana, outdoor fireplace and spa perched high on an upper patio with valley views. The woodsy property also enjoys a meadow that is ready to become a vineyard, an event space or whatever the homeowners can envision.

For more information on this home at 17355 Norrbom Road in Sonoma, contact listing agent Holly Bennett, 707-484-4747, 707-935-2500, Holly.Bennett@Sothebys.Realty, Sotheby’s International Realty – Wine Country – Sonoma Brokerage, 793 Broadway, Sonoma, hollybennett.com

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A renovated, mission-style home in Sonoma is currently listed for sale. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,722-square-foot home was built in 1974 by architect Lawson Willard. A 2023 renovation using exquisite decorative finishes has transformed the dwelling into an inspired space. The asking price is $3,595,000.

Warm-hued, stained-wood cabinets throughout are capped with the high-contrast coolness of prized marbles like purple-veined Calacatta Viola, Dolomite and Arabescato. Tiles are sourced from notable designer Ann Sacks. 

Modern light fixtures offer whimsical contrast to the transitional space. Outdoor lights are mission style, handcrafted by the Santa Barbara Lighting Company.

Textile choices are showstopping. Hand-painted red de Gournay wallpaper in one bedroom is a bold and sumptuous choice. In another bedroom, de Gournay wallpaper with a forest scene, complete with foxes, blends beautifully with mission-style beveled doors.

The yard is full of lush plantings, and the pool, patio and awning have a simple angular geometry, allowing the setting’s understated wood tones and creamy textiles to share focus. 

For more information on this mission-style home at 16800 Estrella Drive, contact listing agent John “JL” Townsend, 415-601-2227, or Emily Beaven, 415-730-9759, Compass Real Estate, townsendgroupsf.com, compass.com

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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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The New York Times recently featured a residential compound in an idyllic Wine Country setting, currently listed for $3,995,000. Set on 16.5 rolling acres, the secluded Healdsburg property boasts a main house, barn with studio loft and carriage house with guest suites. 

Built in 1981 in a New England saltbox style, the estate contains a total of four bedrooms and five bathrooms. The main residence includes one bedroom and one-and-a-half bathrooms while the barn has a lofted bedroom suite and the carriage house has two ensuite guest bedrooms.

The simple geometry of the buildings is a sweet match for the grassy acreage with oaks and rock outcroppings. An acre of Cabernet Sauvignon vines anchors the countryside landscape.

The home’s interior has hand-hewn ceiling beams and a sizable stone fireplace in the living room. The primary suite on the second floor also has a wood-burning fireplace, as well as a separate office and a soaking tub in the bathroom. Successive double hung windows and French doors give immersive views into the vineyard. 

The surrounding grounds offer a lush setting to take in panoramic views. Lots of tables and benches provide opportunities for alfresco wine tasting and slow food fun. There’s also recreation via a pool, pickleball court and bocce court. A combo fitness studio and game room is complete with a rolling door to access meadow views while playing ping pong or running on the treadmill. 

For more information on this property at 2427 Mill Creek Road, contact listing agent Sheri Morgensen, 707-431-0777, 415-269-5634, Sotheby’s International Realty – San Francisco Brokerage, sothebysrealty.com

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A transitional style home on an acre in the Mission Highlands area of Sonoma is currently listed for sale. The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom, 3,800-square-foot dwelling has an asking price of $2,495,000. 

The interior is airy and light-drenched thanks to several double-hung windows, French doors and an open floor plan. Wood floors, cabinets and grandly sized ceiling beams on the inside warm the design.

The exterior enjoys the warmth of a shingled siding, which is crisply contrasted with white trim. Show-stopping tree and valley views are accessible along the length of the home via windows and balconies.

Amenities in the main bedroom include a gas fireplace, a private balcony, and a soaking tub and walk-in shower in the en suite bathroom.

The 1-acre property includes a pool with fountains, palms trees and a large surround of greenery.

For more information on this home at 17371 High Road in Sonoma, contact listing agent Aaron Kopelman, 510-517-5453, Sotheby’s International Realty – Wine Country, Sonoma Brokerage, 793 Broadway, Sonoma, sothebysrealty.com

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A newly built modern farmhouse — located minutes from downtown Sonoma — is currently listed for sale. This five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 6,476-square-foot home on 3.39 acres has its own 1.5-acre vineyard. The asking price is $13,500,000.

The gray-walled, U-shaped estate, designed by Suresh Hosakoppal and built in 2024, has juxtaposing pitched and flat roofs. Large windows offer immersive views into the vineyard, but the layout ensures privacy.

The interior, by Jessica Wichmann of Zeitgeist Sonoma, offers a muted palette of white oak floors and cabinets and natural stone surfaces. Iron and gold fixtures throughout offer bold yet delicate contrast. 

A few showstopping design details energize the space further. Natural stone surrounds the DaVinci Maestro fireplace — vertical logs and a tall flame enclosed in glass. The piece is flanked by large windows that give a view to the vineyard. 

Off the great room is a temperature-controlled wine cellar, which holds 860-bottles that appear to float in the room thanks to transparent shelves. A glass door and walls allows the spectacular display to be on full view from the great room.

Outdoor amenities include a pool and spa, a kitchen and a pergola-covered area with a fire pit.

For more information on 601 Napa Road, contact listing agents Joseph Zichelle, 415-279-2221, or Christine Krenos, 707-227-8661, Compass Real Estate, Krenoszichelle.com, compass.com

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