Historic Home Renovation

Built in the 1920s, this home’s main floor had later been divided into many bathroom/bedroom combinations. There was ample evidence of a fire at some point in the past and the house was structurally unstable. CB&D got this once historic home back in touch with its Craftsman roots, and made it viable for the next 100 years. We gutted the interior, created a new yet authentic design and crafted many of the elements ourselves. Conventional walls were framed inside the single-walled house to allow for wiring, pipes and insulation. What remained of the usable old growth redwood was salvaged, re-milled and reused. Preserving as much of the original house as possible, we added modern systems and reworked the spaces to make sense. Evergreen plantings and a dry-stacked stone wall were added to soften the square edges of the exterior and aid in its melding with the natural surroundings.