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Belyea opens the sliding door to the Nookomis, which is clad in cedar planks cut in an irregular wave pattern.

The home's interiors featured a traditional layout for a home from the 1930s, with a central hallway leading from the front door and a living room on one side and dining area on the other.

The living room sports original tiling, the Bizerte sofas from CB2, LED string lights from Costco, and a fresh coat of Backdrop’s ‘Supermoon’ exterior paint.

Yakisugi—commonly known as shou sugi ban in the West—graces the home’s exterior. “We focused our efforts on creating direct and elemental relationships between the materials,” says SHED design principal Prentis Hale. “Yakisugi shou sugi ban siding in contrast with white bricks, shou sugi ban in relation to concrete, shou sugi ban and black steel.”

A sleek slatted screen matches the proportions of the wall of glass blocks it replaced.

The use of Nakamoto Forestry’s shou sugi ban siding over brick is a nod to the home’s original facade, while evoking the materiality of Japanese architecture.

A view of the kitchen with screened porch and primary bedroom (beyond); looking west

Summer view of the tree tops through structural silicone glazing of the dining room & kitchen; view looking south west

A view of the kitchen with a window to the screened porch; looking northwest

The countertop is a custom Concrete Collaborative terrazzo, and the colored flecks nod to the wall tiles.