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  CEDAR ST. “OUTSIDE IN – INSIDE OUT”

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LOCATION  BERKELEY CA.
DATE      2010
ARCHITECT     LAURA HARTMAN
OWNERS         LAURA HARTMAN & PAUL DUIGUD

 
    I HAD DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WITH LAURA HARTMAN (PRINCIPLE AT FERNAU & HARTMAN ARCHITECTS”), WHEN I WAS ASKED TO REMODEL HER AND HER HUSBAND PAULS’ BUNGALOW IN BERKELEY  I KNEW IT WOULD BE A JOURNEY….LAURA IS KNOWN FOR HER IMPRESSIVE DETAILING AND INCREDIBLE COLOR  CONSCIOUSNESS.
    WE STARTED BY BUILDING A SMALL (10’ X 12’) SHED IN THE REAR OF HER PROPERTY..SHE CHOSE BRILLIANT BLUE, RED AND GREEN TONES AND A STEEP SHED ROOF WITH LONG EAVES…IT WOULD BE FOR BICYCLE STORAGE, KAYAK HANGING, TOOL SHED AND WORK BENCH  WITH SO MANY INTRICATE DETAILS WE NAMED IT “THE SHEDTEAU” ( a shed “chateau"). IT CAME OUT PERFECTLY.
    THE SHE COMMISSIONED US TO TEAR OFF THE WHOLE BACK OF THE 2 STORY BUILDING AND ADD A WORK STUDIO, A BATHROOM, A LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM, A COPPER SCREENED SLEEPING PORCH AND A DOWNSTAIRS SINK AND COUNTER FOR CLEANING FISH. …ALL OF WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
    THE IDEA BEHIND SO MUCH OF THE WORK, WITH ITS OPEN BACK FACE WAS TO BRING “THE OUTSIDE IN” AND “ THE INSIDE OUT”.   
    THIS PROJECT WILL SOON APPEAR IN AN ISSUE OF FINE HOME BUILDING.

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