Within three months of the fire, the Graulich family had hired architect Lewin Wertheimer to help them rebuild and think about resilience in a new era of fires. “We decided that we were going to take these lemons and make lemonade,” Dana Graulich says, pictured here with her husband, Dean; mother, Joanne; three children, Fay, Eli, and Max; plus pets Peaches, Rubble, and Cruz. “So we designed our dream home.” She spent the last few years squirreling away vintage and new fixtures and furnishings in a storage unit. Photo 8 of 12 in Deciding to Rebuild After a Fire Is Just the First Step

Deciding to Rebuild After a Fire Is Just the First Step

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Within three months of the fire, the Graulich family had hired architect Lewin Wertheimer to help them rebuild and think about resilience in a new era of fires. "We decided that we were going to take these lemons and make lemonade," Dana Graulich says, pictured here with her husband, Dean; mother, Joanne; three children, Fay, Eli, and Max; plus pets Peaches, Rubble, and Cruz. "So we designed our dream home." She spent the last few years squirreling away vintage and new fixtures and furnishings in a storage unit.