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It feeds their backyard garden, which also features permeable paving rocks, a composting bin, and a surrounding fence made of knotty Western red cedar.

Working with a limited budget, First Lamp designed and built one principle architectural flourish: exposed Douglas fir rafters that would weather to a brighter red over the years and accent the white siding.

The studio occupies the corner of a backyard filled with carefully-tended plants. They positioned the studio at the yard’s far corner, diagonal from the main house’s back door, to create a path through the garden that would engage visitors in landscape.

On warm days, when the glass wall is open, meals in the kitchen have an alfresco feel. The dining table is by Boulevard Furniture and the chairs are by Alejandro Sticotti for Net Muebles.

Designed by Boston-based architect Sebastian Mariscal, this house, which celebrates the best of Californian indoor-outdoor living, was designed to frame views of the trees and the surrounding landscape.

'Tree House' - Bamboo Terrace

In addition to the retention of the building's envelope, many original elements were reworked and reused throughout the renovation.

Private garden with deck

Rear wall of courtyard

Outdoor pool deck

A single crepe myrtle, which sports red blossoms in summer, defines the courtyard.

The renovation and two-story extension of this 1880 Adelaide bungalow includes a 23-foot rear lot with a pool.

Entry Stair to Front Door

Once through the street-level entrance, the property's modern garage door comes into view. Stairs lead up to the kitchen.

Back yard

Back yard, Pool deck

front exterior

Rear Yard & Facade

View of West Patio

Exterior

Front Exterior, Day

Street view, dusk

Street view, frontal, dusk

Majestic Valley Oak at home's main entrance

Outdoor Spa

Office courtyard

Breezeway to the master bedroom beyond that opens up to the pool courtyard through a pocketing glass door

On the lower roof, cedar decking and flower beds define one of several outdoor gardening spaces. Part of her ongoing research into the livability of cities, Fitzgerald aimed to create landscaped areas that were “aesthetic, aromatic, educational, and productive.” The deck is bordered by an expanded aluminum mesh railing and black metal corrugated panels.

Burnette sought to maintain the property’s natural vegetation and rocky ground surface.

The dramatic 90-square-foot patio features a cooking and seating area. The floor and countertop are clad in Inca Gray Honed slate from Stone Source and the bench and planters are teak. By creating a vertical garden, Lubrano and Ciavarra integrated greenery into the views from every level of the house.

In the garden, Mary Henning gives her potted plants a much-needed drink of graywater diverted from the kitchen and bathrooms and filtered by a massive green wall.

A maple tree grows through an ipe deck in the garden that Mary Barensfeld designed for a family in Berkeley, California. A reflecting pool separates it from a white-granite patio, which is furnished with a Petal dining table by Richard Schultz and chairs by Mario Bellini.

Wakeland goes to work on the garden terraces where the couple grows much of their own food.

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