Capistrano Street, Berkeley
Sarah Zimmerman
The owners of this rumored John Hudson Thomas home wanted to preserve and restore the exterior architecture, while enhancing the home’s experience of the outdoors, particularly the huge volcanic rock outcroppings in the back yard. They also wanted a modern kitchen, pantry and powder room downstairs and a new master bath upstairs. We tore out the attached garage/ roof deck that was added in the 60’s and replaced it with a carport more in keeping with the original style of the home. In order to open the rear of the house up to the back yard we filled in the corners, adding a much needed mud room and some additional kitchen space and then added a 12’ wide x 8’ tall sliding door at the rear.