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house with open spaces,” he explains. “We
couldn’t change the front of the house so
we had to bring in light through the back.”
On the ground floor, a cathedral ceiling
from the 1980 renovation has been eliminated and load-bearing walls replaced by
exposed steel girders. Located under the
stairwell, the existing powder room was
enlarged and updated with glossy porcelain tile from Porcelanosa and concealed
behind layers of panels, one of which is
actually a door. Floors are a dark-stained
bamboo and LED lights by Illuminations
at ceiling level create a warm glow. The
wall that originally held a lackluster fire-
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