“That swoop was my least favorite thing about the house,” admits Fred. “I was looking forward to an angular, Craftsman-type thing. But I said, I’m going to trust Kristin.”
Built by Fritz Tiny Homes and delivered by crane, the compact ADU brings new potential to a compact Silver Lake lot.
Repositioning the original staircase transforms the new apartment, created the experience of a continuous second floor while adding a hidden study beneath the stairs, which lead to the downstairs bedroom.
Blaine Architects capped the front addition to this Eichler home with a shed roof that mimics the slope of traditional Eichlers, but slants in the opposite direction to make it distinct. The wood screen is made from Accoya.
The former groundskeeper’s home has a large courtyard, tons of skylights, and freshly updated interiors.
This formerly beige Brooklyn home now relishes in a range of blues, greens, and orangey-reds, with terrazzo and tile to spare.
Velux skylights open the home's interior to natural light, and the couple cut a hole in the second level so that the sun's rays could reach all the way through the home.
The 1950 Eichler home in Palo Alto, California, that Ogawa Fisher Architects renovated for a family of five features a cool gray facade punctuated by a bright orange front door.
Objects collected over the couple’s travels are displayed across the book-lined shelves.
An outdoor breezeway between the storage shed and the main house is ideal for outdoor dining.
A USM credenza holds vinyl and booze. Music flows via a Pro-Ject Debut III turntable, a pair of Elipson Planet L speakers, and a Music Hall Audio amplifier.
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A light-filled extension by Tom Turner Architects nods to the history and craft of a 17th-century home.
The one-time guest bedroom on the parlor level is now the kitchen, where one of the draws is the island, raised on a brushed stainless steel frame and legs.
Architect Gabriel Montañés brought in marés sandstone and indigenous plants to restore a 19th-century family home that sat abandoned for decades.
Malcolm Davis Architecture helps a family roll back years of hodgepodge additions while opening the rear facade to the garden.
The ceiling and built-in storage wall in the bedroom are fabricated from American white oak, while the opposite wall and floor has the same grayish-white tone found in the rest of the apartment.
Kitchen of Berlin Apartment by Jäll & Tofta
Glass folding doors from Panoramic Doors reach nine-and-a-half feet high to open the kitchen to the courtyard. “It's such a unique feature, especially in Brooklyn,” says Slocum. “You rarely ever see that type of thing.”
wooly succulents and date palms and canary island palms and
Keep founders Austin and Kotono Watanabe revived a compact home in Minneapolis with a dazzling kitchen, an all-electric upgrade, and a clerestory “scoop.”
In addition to a large en suite bath, the primary bedroom also has a spacious walk-in closet.
“We definitely wanted to preserve the character of the home and make sure that it always fits the neighborhood,” says designer Jenny Bassett. To that end, the team kept the front façade intact, only repainting and adding new landscaping. The fireplace in the living room was also retained, so wood is stored in the front yard for easy access.
Custom cabinetry in Douglas fir, designed by Dash Marshall and manufactured by Casagrande Woodworks.
with light-beige walls, pinewood floors and repurposed original wooden beams,
The clerestory windows have been preserved, and the house now has a dark facade that recedes into the foliage.
The bookcase ladder was one of the most challenging aspects of the design. "It gave me heart palpitations for a long time,
The bathrooms were modeled after Japanese ryokans. Here in the main bathroom, muted Fireclay tiles clad the shower, which features a built-in bench and Purist fixtures from Kohler.
Both Carlos and Whitney love coffee, but trips to the cafe were limited in the pandemic, so they got an AnZa machine in concrete.
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