A home in the trees

A former tear-down is now a serene family home, thanks to a re-build that took lovely surroundings into account.

PAUL Lieberstein was ready for a change. In 2000, he purchased a two-bedroom, one-bath Crestwood Hills, California, home that was clinging to a hillside and sold as a tear-down. But a decade later, he and his wife, Janine Poreba, were expecting their first child, and he knew it was time to expand.