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Located in East Austin, the renovated house has more space for Drew and Vero's three children and their collection of art, records, and books.

The architects added sliding glass panels between the kitchen and dining room to diffuse light. To do so, they sandwiched two panels of fluted glass to be perpendicular to each other and create a grid pattern, "so the light going through has a certain depth,

A fireplace in the primary bedroom, mostly hidden in the wall before renovation, was fully exposed and partially rebuilt, brick by brick.

The meadow is close enough to the glass-walled dining room and kitchen (and screen porch) that the homeowners can feel immersed in nature even while inside.

A screen porch just off the dining room was added, enhancing the home's indoor-outdoor feel.

The new meadow plants, just outside the renovated (and relocated) dining room.

In what's now known as the music room on the ground floor (previously called the front parlor), a stucco-clad fireplace was paired with a stone base and rounded edges capped in Accoyo wood.

On the third floor, the wall outside the kids' bedrooms was left exposed.

The primary bathroom is a recreation of what Peter and Abigail had in Tokyo, particularly a tub that allows one to preset and maintain a desired temperature.

The primary bathroom features floating walnut cabinetry set against Accoya walls.

The renovated stairway now has a rounded wall at its base, to pair with the curved wall across from it and make room for more natural light from the extension's glass wall to spread into the interior.

That same curved wall, seen from the hallway. By curving the wall's edges, the doorway openings and sight lines are enlarged.

In the living room, a wall curves on either side, wrapping the walnut cabinetry for the TV.

The living room adds pops of blue and red color. The hutch at right was shipped from the couple's home in Tokyo.

In the living room, the ceiling rafters were exposed, with their holes and rough texture left untouched.

The dining room and the living room, though occupying the extension and the original part of the house, respectively, read as one L-shaped great room along with the kitchen.

The new dining area, just off the kitchen, was designed around a lamp that Peter brought back from Japan.

The new kitchen, part of the reconstructed extension, takes advantage of ample glass.

Marble was used on the kitchen island, complimented by walnut cabinetry and butcher-block countertop, as well as a backsplash of ceramic tile.