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One of the couple’s favorite new details is the built-in, L-shaped bookcase in the den.

"The porch provides shade during Madrid's long summers and acts almost as an extension of the living room," says Jackie. "The transition between indoors and outdoors is deliberately soft; there are very few moments where you feel you are leaving one world and entering another."

The two structures' gabled roofs can be prominently seen from the street, alongside its all-over black siding.

Along with the sage, citrus trees irrigated by gray water from the house provide the couple with lemons and limes for mixing drinks, among other things.

In another section of the yard, Cooper added varying-sized circular cement stepping stones, which lead toward an elevated planter filled with California-native plants.

Another water-saving project in Menlo Park includes a rock bed with succulents.