Willmer completely redesigned and relandscaped the backyard. "Houses in the early 1900s were built with a strong presence to the street but the back was totally forgotten," she says. Now, Willmer admits, the house is almost more oriented toward the south-facing garden than the street, but it's a space in which she had more design freedom and that the family is able to enjoy to its fullest.

Visit the

American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter website to purchase tickets to the see the Eller's Park Street Residence the Saturday, September 12 home tour (and more homes on the Sunday, September 13 tour) as part of the month-long Architecture and the City Festival.

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Willmer completely redesigned and re-landscaped the backyard. "Houses in the early 1900s were built with a strong presence to the street but the back was totally forgotten," she says. Now, Willmer admits, the house is almost more oriented toward the south-facing garden than the street, but it's a space in which she had more design freedom and that the family is able to enjoy to its fullest.

Photo by Ken Gutmaker