Manhattan Beach Coastal Family Room

A three-story coastal home one block from the strand. The family room faced a public walk-street, so the openings needed daytime sheer for privacy and an evening privacy layer that disappeared when drawn open.

I specified a layered wave fold system on a stacked dual track: an outboard performance sheer for daytime, an inboard heavyweight Belgian linen for evening privacy. Both motorized, both independent, both stacking off-glass when fully open.

Outboard: solution-dyed performance sheer, 12% openness, salt-air rated. Inboard: 14 oz. Belgian linen in a warm sand tone, interlined with cotton flannel for opacity and hand. Two fabrics, one palette, completely different jobs.

Forest Group dual-channel motorized track set into a 4-inch ceiling pocket. Somfy Sonesse 28 motors, hardwired DC, integrated with the home's Lutron RA2 system.

Wave fold spacing tuned tighter on the sheer (90%) and slightly deeper on the linen (110%) so the two layers read as related but distinct. Stack-back engineered so both layers clear the glass entirely when open — the view is the whole reason the house exists.

Privacy at every hour of the day, complete view preservation when desired, and zero exposed hardware. My recommendation for any coastal walk-street home: always specify two layers. A single layer always compromises either daytime view or evening privacy. Two layers compromise neither.