Now, glass sliders that open to the deck measure nine feet tall. The couple opted to keep the main floor’s original tile. In Dina’s view, “it’s really durable—they use it at McDonalds!”
Paul and Rachel Vanden Bout recently left Virginia to join their son and daughter-in-law—NV Design Architecture principals Tom Vanden Bout and Brenda Nelson—in Oaxaca, Mexico.
The dining room sits at the center of the home and receives floods of light from the glass cube above.
On a rocky bank, Hebra Arquitectos builds a breezy home that opens wide to nature.
Before: The front door entered into the kitchen on an elevated platform. Both the clients and the design team wanted to make the kitchen the same level as the rest of the living spaces.
Redwood siding lends TK. "We wanted to slowly gain some presence in the community and not come in swinging,
The annex has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a separate living room, and a small kitchen.
The loft extension is arranged over two levels, with the form housing the study and terrace, and the upper front section the primary bedroom and en suite.
“The bedroom is without a doubt my happy place,” Adam says.
Before: In 2029, architect Kevin Short, founder of Tiny Monster Design, and designer Katie Heller bought this 1908 Victorian home in the Bernal Heights neighborhood and commenced a remodel the following year.