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In 1988, Otto Natzler commissioned a two-story addition to the home. Looking for better space to photograph his works, the design inspired by his Austrian roots.

The original yellow pine walls and metal handrail were refinished.

Every room in the home, be it the top-floor great room or the downstairs bedrooms, open onto outdoor patios.

Zoé Stone's home is nestled into a forested hillside that had never been built on before. Others had shied away from its engineering challenges, but not Zoé and her dad.

Custom plainsawn white oak storage with a Murphy bed provides enough room to work or sleep guests.

Merritt Amanti Palminteri and Rogers Hawley revamped their Monterey bungalow without expanding its footprint.

The renovated living room gave the space a splash of white, icluding a fireplace makeover, but retained the original red oak floors.

The redesign created two arched passageways into the kitchen as part of a rebuilt dividing wall, improving circulation and doubling as built-in storage.

The former laundry space was refashioned into a windowside booth, its built-in shelves, walls and ceilings painted red. It's become popular with kids and visitors.

The bathroom was enlivened with a wall of hexagonal blue Pratt & Larson tile.

The renovated second bedroom, outfitted with a wall of storage

One of two children's bedrooms

The second kids' bedroom, featuring a wall of storage clad in new wallpaper

Though the original house offered finite space, a decorative stained-glass transom features an infinity symbol used in the couple's wedding invitations.

"On our first site visit, the client showed us a large Welsh dresser which was used for display. While we couldn’t find room for it in the lower ground floor, we did manage to reinterpret it’s functionality as a wall of oak shelving used for storage and display.

The glass house interior features a timber terrazzo floor made from recycled waste wood for a sense of playfulness, warmth, and harmony with the oak frame.

The frame introduces a pop of green-painted aluminum to differentiate the new glass house from the more traditional spaces inside.