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Twilight front exterior of a 1947 mid-century modern home in Pasadena with illuminated windows and geometric landscaping

1025 Nithsdale Road · San Rafael Heights

Mid-Century Modern Real Estate Photography in Pasadena

Client

Eva Lin · Lin Realty Group

Property

1947 Mid-Century Modern

Location

Southwest Pasadena

Coverage

Interiors · Exteriors · Twilight

Open-plan living room with exposed ceiling beams, wood floors and blue seating in a Pasadena mid-century home

Living room / Indoor-outdoor connection

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02 / Inside

Show the flow, then the finish

Wide compositions establish how the open living, dining and kitchen spaces connect. Tighter frames bring out the walnut cabinetry, exposed beams, fireplaces and quiet material details that give the home its character.

Living room with exposed beams, fireplace and a wide opening to the backyard patio at 1025 Nithsdale Road

Living room / Fireplace view

Dining room with exposed beams, wood floors and an open view into the kitchen

Dining room / Open plan

Mid-century kitchen with walnut island, skylights and glass doors opening to the garden

Kitchen / Walnut island

Professional range surrounded by custom walnut cabinetry, open shelving and white tile backsplash

Kitchen / Material detail

Primary bathroom with clawfoot tub, glass walk-in shower and gray tile walls

Primary bath / Tub and shower

Guest bathroom with bathtub, walnut vanity, pendant lights and high window

Guest bath / Warm wood detail

Home office with built-in shelving, wood floors and sliding doors leading to the patio

Office / Garden access

03 / Outside the walls

The second half of the floor plan

The exterior sequence treats each garden room as usable space: the stone entertaining patio, swimming pool, layered planting, and detached studio all receive their own establishing frame.

Daytime front exterior of the Pasadena mid-century home with geometric lawn and landscaped entry

Front exterior / Daylight

Stone garden patio with outdoor lounge seating and sliding doors connecting to the house

Garden patio / Lounge area

Stone courtyard with a round outdoor dining table positioned between two wings of the home

Courtyard / Entertaining space

Detached garden studio with covered entrance, glass door and vintage canoe bench

Detached studio / Daylight

04 / The final light

Twilight makes the relationship clear

At dusk, the pool, studio, and house read as a single composition. Warm interiors hold attention while the remaining sky and garden color keep the frame natural. Visit our Twilight Photography page for further details.

Detached garden studio glowing at twilight behind layered landscaping and a stone retaining wall

Garden studio / Blue hour

Twilight view of the detached studio entrance with wood deck and canoe bench

Studio entry / Twilight detail

Backyard swimming pool and mid-century home beneath a pink twilight sky in Pasadena

Pool and studio / Twilight

The client

Created for Eva Lin of Lin Realty Group.

The exterior sequence treats each garden room as usable space. The stone entertaining patio, swimming pool, layered planting, and detached studio all receive their own establishing frame.

Property note

The home closed on February 19, 2026 for $2.75M.

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01 / The assignment

Preserve the architecture.
Let dusk define it.

This Pasadena property needed more than a room-by-room record. Its story lives in the warm walnut kitchen, long interior sightlines, garden patios, pool and detached studio.

We built a 73-image set that moves naturally from daylight into blue hour—showing how the architecture, landscape and indoor-outdoor spaces work as one home.

2,464

sq ft listed living area

0.27

acre landscaped lot

73

finished photographs

1947

year built

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