Renovations

The headboard is a custom fabrication from a live oak felled on the property, made by DeVos Custom Woodworking and Jobe Fabrications and in collaboration with JCA. The headboard “brings so much texture and life into this tiny room,” says Corral. Custom steel shelves are poised below, with a sconce from Serena and Lily mounted atop.

The vanity has a custom concrete basin by Newbold Stone Architectural Concrete and steel base from Metal Works Austin. The wall tile is Fireclay glazed thin brick in Olympic color.

Previously, a screened porch at the front left had been enclosed for additional living space, but wasn’t very usable, so Jobe and Corral converted it back to its original purpose. Now, it serves as a mudroom and a transition space before entering the living room. The preserved board and batten siding is painted Benjamin Moore ‘Kendall Charcoal’ and the ceiling fans are from Schoolhouse. Board-formed concrete replaced the brick, and new steps are formed by limestone slabs taken from the tops of quarries so that the top surface is natural.

The refrigerator and extra storage are assigned to the adjacent pantry. White oak cabinets from Thompson Woodworking join a honed Carrara marble counter and backsplash tile from Pratt and Larson in color C35. The stove is the GE Café series in matte white with brass details.

The entryway features a Studioilse Bench 443 in walnut with a leather pad by De La Espada.

Louise Avenue new floor plan

The old wooden ceiling beams in the dining room were purchased from a local Amish farmer and painted white. Warm timbers tie the home together.

The tile was meticulously stacked, square upon square, to match the way it would have been installed in the 1950s.

The Bauhaus bathroom is named for the tubular pattern on the floor tile.

The kitchen features custom-lacquered cabinets with white oak handles and, in lieu of upper cabinets, a wall niche to display dishes.

"Tiles were very important to Julie,

A tub remains in one bathroom, as a balance of accessibility and non-disabled wants.

For a family of four, Ueda Design Studio restores the luminous-yet-drafty midcentury home of Alden Mason with warm materials and sensible restraint.

The master bedroom was enlarged by claiming a nearby closet, creating space for a walk-in shower beneath an existing skylight.

The original sliding doors to the adjoining bedroom lacked artistry.

"Around the time we were thinking of moving back [to San Francisco], I took a trip to Marfa, Texas, and fell in love with the agelessness of Donald Judd’s work," says Amy. "I liked the idea of having a classic American reference to the space, since we are influenced as much from America as we are by Asian culture."