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The stairway, girded by a polished-bronze railing, was moved from the family room to the laundry area; it leads to the upstairs bedroom. The space under the stairway augments the narrow laundry room. In the new upstairs bathroom they used stone left over from the patio for flooring. Schatz says that the only new piece of furniture she bought was a table for the entryway. “I repurposed my old kitchen table as a desk for my study and our old entertainment unit as a filing cabinet.” “I would say that we right-sized rather than downsized,” she says. H&G Resources: Architects: Steve Borlik, Young and Borlik, Palo Alto, 650-688-1950, ybarchitects.com; Keith Anding, Studio Keith Anding Architecture + Design, San Francisco, 415-864-4483, studiokeithanding.com Contractor: Todd Turley, Todd Turley Construction, Campbell, toddturleyconstruction.com Goal of project: To update midcentury home, staying true to the original Unexpected issues: Due to porous earth the garage excavation was deeper than anticipated
Year house built: 1960 Size of project: About 4,600-sq-ft house on 1-acre lot Time to complete: 1 year
The stairway was moved from the family room to the laundry area, with space below the stairs adding to that narrow room.
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