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1020 Highland Woods

Built-in cabinetry beneath the staircase provides extra storage space for the 1,024-square-foot home.

On visits to Japan, Richard was taken with the work of architect Kazuo Shinohara, who’d designed a home with a tentlike roof. “I didn’t set out to make the interior here look like a tent,” Richard says, “but friends have told me, ‘You love disappearing into the wilderness and staying in a tent, and you’ve made your house look like one.’”

The door to the sunroom was kept, as well as the brick fireplace.

Cirkus Modular track lights by AGO inspired the color for the stairwell, also referred to by the architects as the "stairway to heaven.

The bed has a niche for storing books.

Redwood siding lends TK. "We wanted to slowly gain some presence in the community and not come in swinging,

"We can't get enough of the ceramic tile flooring, it's so Brazilian and it looks surprisingly good in the interior of an apartment,

A terracotta vanity expands across the full length of the bathroom.

A graphic wallpaper by Kate Zaremba wraps the kids' bathroom with sconces by Allied Maker.

The wall opens up over the vanity so that there are views into the bedroom and backyard.

In the newly expanded bathroom, large panel tiles, custom cabinetry and a polished cement sink by Mallorcan company Huguet – a favorite of Aretio’s – exude a joyful contemporary Mediterranean feel.

Colorful Ceramica Vogue tile steals the show on the home’s expanded upper level.

Classic Ceramics wall tiles are combined with Caroma Cube ceramic basins in the bathrooms.

A blue checkered Moroccan rug amps up the visual interest in the space, along with a new yellow Togo couch and Herman Miller coffee table. Switching out the mullioned windows for new tilt-and-turn windows from Semko help the space feel larger and increase energy efficiency.