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The enlarged garage and the new ADU addition comprise 750 square feet in total.

Floor Plan of Glendale ADU by MR Studios

View from entry

Private entrance to the ADU with white metal louvers for privacy.

Living room 1

ADU and Backyard Oasis

The interior of the space is filled with natural light thanks to the vaulted ceiling. The owner's work space resides in an upper loft, a volume highlighted by salvaged wood panels.

Fusion Landscape Design worked with PATH to remake the backyard into a grown-up playground. Under the stairwell sits a tiny custom cedar sauna and an outdoor shower—just a literal hop, skip, and jump away from the sprawling in-ground eight-by-ten-foot hot tub. Down three short stairs, Gloster’s Elan dining table from Design Within Reach is surrounded by Spark chairs by Don Chadwick for Knoll and a built-in fire pit and DCS grill by Fisher & Paykel—all resting on a smooth surface of bluestone pavers.

The new, attached ADU is rented out as a passive source of income that is helping Amanda finance the project.