Latte poles are a perfect shading device. Used over the paved walkway and the outdoor terrace, they provide dappled light and shade both inside and outside.

Larkspur, CA, Photo by O'Connell Landscape

This remodel of an architect’s Seattle bungalow goes beyond simple renovation. It starts with the idea that, once completed, the house should look as if had been built that way originally. At the same time, it recognizes that the way a house was built in 1926 is not for the way we live today. Architectural pop-outs serve as window seats or garden windows. The living room and dinning room have been opened up to create a larger, more flexible space for living and entertaining. The ceiling in the central vestibule was lifted up through the roof and topped with a skylight that provides daylight to the middle of the house. The broken-down garage in the back was transformed into a light-filled office space that the owner-architect refers to as the “studiolo.” Bosworth raised the roof of the stuidiolo by three feet, making the volume more generous, ensuring that light from the north would not be blocked by the neighboring house and trees, and improving the relationship between the studiolo and the house and courtyard.

Photo: Mina Brinkey © 2013 Houzz

We had a storm and the house and a wonderful rainbow followed, so I wanted to share it with everyone, along with our pool and landscape.

Complete renovation of the kitchen, dining room and adjacent courtyard to improve circulation of air, light and people for a couple that loves to entertain.

Photography by Tim Street-Porter

Photo credit~Jeri Koegel

Cabana Shower - WaterColor Photographed by Fletcher Isacks Built by Borges Brooks Builders

Michael Prokopchak, ASLA Jay Stearns