After adopting six boys, a young couple builds a home in Larkspur with plenty of space for their new family of eight…
December 25, 2014, was not just another Christmas Day for Nicole and Pete Cassara. That morning the Castle Rock couple opened their home to welcome two sons—brothers Chris, 2, and Isaac, 1—into their world. “It was the most overwhelming day of my life,” says Nicole of the couple’s mini miracles. That evening, the new parents, along with Nicole’s parents, brother and sister-in-law, celebrated the homecoming and holiday by sitting down to their first meal together and watching the boys open gifts. “Being around all those people and opening those presents, they had never had anything like that before,” Nicole says. “I think in that moment, I sat back and realized, ‘This is it. We’re forever changed.’ …
The couple bought a wooded lot in Larkspur, with more than five acres of land where the boys can run, climb and play. They enlisted builder and close friend Jason DeYoung of DeYoung Brothers Construction to create a six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot space with a seamless floor plan and plenty of natural light. Nicole, an interior design consultant for over a decade, mixed white oak floors with modern finishes, a neutral color palette, and furnishings built to withstand sticky fingers and spilled milk. With a 2,000-square-foot downstairs play area plus a zip line, tree house and trampoline outside, the resulting home is a dream for the rambunctious boys—who now range in age from 3 to 11—and their “free-range” parents.
October 24, 2017 by Michelle Johnson
Styling by Eliza Karlson
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