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The library upstairs features built-in bookshelves wrapped in a deep green.
A palette of concrete, walnut, plaster, wood, and the architects’ favorite marble, Ceppo di Gre, imparts a timeless patina into the once-cramped interiors, as seen in the refreshed kitchen.
The staircase that sits at the heart of this renovation spans the levels in sinuous curves.
The bathroom adjacent to the studio space contains simple finishes and fixtures, including white shower tile and flooring from Daltile, and shower fixtures from Kohler.
In the living area, a wood stove from Danish company Morso warms the space. The steel fireplace surround was crafted in Mount Vernon, Washington, and large aluminum-clad pine windows frame the exterior environment. The flooring is maple.
Between the bathroom and tatami room, the couple placed a Japanese maple on a gravel bed, in keeping with the machiya tradition of having an interior garden.
Although the width of the stairway walls didn't change, new wood treads and a wider extension at the bottom of the space help make it feel both brighter and less confining.
The interior walls are painted black and finished with a matte mixture of paint and plaster, similar to limewash. “The owners are quite handy. They did quite a lot of the work themselves,” says Mulla—including the textural walls.
The curving exterior of the podlike bath and shower cuts an elegant form at the other end of the room.
The bathroom is utilitarian with simple white subway tiles and bluestone flooring. The blackout
“Where we let loose was on the window,” Matt says. “It’s an aluminium window frame, which is bushfire compliant and easy to install, but the way that we detailed it was about hiding the frame so that the eye is drawn into the space.”
The exterior bath next to the pool can only be accessed through the deck and features a natural sealed zellige tile and marble vanity.
A jewel-box-like bathroom with walls painted Black Forest Green by Benjamin Moore juxtaposes the light schematic of the rest of the home. "It's very relaxing thanks to the darker color,
The cozy living area has a working fireplace and air conditioning, to be comfortable year-round.
The primary bedroom has an eight-foot window to the outdoors, equipped with manual blinds.
Floor Plan of Berkeley ADUs by Type Five
A generously proportioned bathroom accommodates a washer and dryer alongside, large walk-in shower, wall-hung toilet, and wall-mounted sink with an integrated storage shelf and medicine cabinet.
The fully equipped kitchen features a full height built-in refrigerator, a four-burner induction stovetop, a built-in concealed range hood and an integrated wall oven.
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