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Engineered wood flooring now runs throughout.

Before: "You can tell in its hey-day, the materials were really fabulous to live in, but [when] they bought the house, everything was aging, and the floors were coming up," says Reeves.

The accent wall was rebuilt with stained rift-sawn white oak; each plank was handpicked by Reeves and the homeowner for their grain pattern.

"To honor that tradition of having this beautiful exposed wood through the house, we brought in a wood accent wall in the great room," says Reeves. The single-pane glass was replaced with double-pane glass for improved energy efficiency.

Before: The plywood accent wall in the living room had degraded over time.

The fireplace chimney became the stove backsplash and vents the custom exhaust hood.

IKEA cabinet boxes with wood doors from Semihandmade outfit the kitchen. The bright red uppers are custom-built and have a lacquer finish. "We really try to create a custom look by blending the inexpensive material—the high and the low, if you will," says Reeves. The backsplash is a reflective white glass tile.

Now, all of the main living spaces benefit from the expansive glass wall that looks out on the backyard.

Reeves relocated the kitchen to the back wall and separated it from the adjacent dining area with a large, quartzite-covered island. "When extended family comes to visit, they do quite a bit of cooking. [They use] a lot of spices, and so there was concern about staining the countertop," says Reeves, who chose Luce de Luna quartzite, a variety that has low porosity. Fireclay glazed brick floor tile defines the space from the rest of the great room.

Before: The kitchen cube blocked natural light from flowing through the living spaces. This room with a fireplace was set up as a dining room since a couch couldn’t comfortably fit.

Before: The kitchen was a cramped cube flanked by living spaces on either side. "The kitchen was also really inefficient because it floated in the middle of their house, and [walls] didn't reach the ceiling," says Reeves. "And so, they didn't really have enough storage, or counter or appliance space."

This 1959 Eichler is 2,354 square feet and has an atrium at the entry. The upper floor, with three bedrooms, was added by a previous homeowner and not touched in the 2018 remodel with Re:modern, which focused on the 2,000-square-foot main level.

The large backyard has plenty of space to hold a future pool.

The patio is also large enough to fit a dining table.

Outside, a generous patio hosts an outdoor lounge area.

The second bedroom.

Additional bedrooms have the potential to become a home office or guest room.

The main bedroom also has an updated en-suite bath with a double vanity and a skylight.

The home has a total of four bedrooms, and the main bedroom enjoys a direct connection to the backyard.