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This 1972 budget modern house needed a tune-up. In the process of replacing the windows & siding, adding insulation, replacing the double level deck, and adding exterior window shades and a bright red-orange awning on the NW & SW sides, we also rearranged things and made the floor plan work better. That was the most satisfying part of the project, but it is hard to show it in photographs. Type “Navellier” in the search box to the right for photos of the process.

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Here are some photos after construction:

Approaching the house

Approaching the house

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New entry door and porch

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Exterior window shades and awning (retracted) and fibercement siding installed as a rainscreen

Redwood and stainless steel railing

Guillaume and Freddy under the bright red awning

Guillaume and Freddy under the bright red awning

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The front door was installed yesterday.  Now we are working out the trim details.  (Ignore the blue painters tape please)

We decided to make the fir continue all the way to the ceiling and the corner for simplicity   Having a sliver of white to the right of the door and a wider sliver above would have diminished the installation.   I admit some influence by the intersecting planes of  Gerrit Rietveld’s  Schröder House

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The client and their cats are moving back home so Guillaume put in a rush order for the custom fir door. Here is a photo of the door glued and clamped at John Staton in West Berkeley: I hope it will be ready in time!

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