Living Room, Medium Hardwood Floor, Sofa, Lamps, Wood Burning Fireplace, Chair, End Tables, Recessed Lighting, and Coffee Tables Many of the windows facing the view were enlarged. Greg and Kirsten opted not to bring in easier-to-maintain aluminum framing. Instead they stuck with Douglas fir, albeit with thinner stocks. “I definitely felt the gravitational pull towards midcentury,” Greg explains. The original fireplace was redone in local basalt to match a pair of new hearths, one upstairs and one on the patio.  Photo 14 of 14 in Before & After: It’s Hard to Believe This Sleek Modernist Sanctuary Started as a 1950s Ranch House

Before & After: It’s Hard to Believe This Sleek Modernist Sanctuary Started as a 1950s Ranch House

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Many of the windows facing the view were enlarged. Greg and Kirsten opted not to bring in easier-to-maintain aluminum framing. Instead they stuck with Douglas fir, albeit with thinner stocks. "I definitely felt the gravitational pull towards midcentury," Greg explains. The original fireplace was redone in local basalt to match a pair of new hearths, one upstairs and one on the patio.