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Murphy Bed raised
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Murphy Bed lowered
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| | SUNNYHILLS ROAD,
OAKLAND
This beautiful Crocker Highlands home had two basement rooms with a
partition wall separating them. One was a room with bookshelves, a
T.V., a desk and craft space and the other a spare bedroom with a
fireplace within a white painted brick wall, see before photo #1. The
wall between the rooms came down, the space was gutted and after
correcting many structural defects and dry rot conditions the new space
contains a den, library, media center, "spare bedroom", home office and
3/4 bath. The "spare bedroom" is a Murphy Bed you see in one photo up
into the wall and, in another photo, down. The custom limestone
fireplace mantle, surrounding the original fireplace opening, to which a
gas log lighter was added, goes to the ceiling which has a faux
anaglypta finish to simulate an embossed ceiling covering. There is a
media center which the large screen T.V. The Wood-Mode cherry wood
cabinetry and paneling were custom made and prefinished at the factory
for a stunning quality hand rubbed smooth-as-glass finish. A 6' Marvin
patio door and 5' multi-paned widow face the rear yard.
Other aspects of this project entailed the removal of a 3 story brick chimney that shows in the before photo #2 (as a paneled bump-out).
Just to the right of the old chimney, in the before photo #2, is the
entrance to the new bath. A concrete deck approximately 10' x 12' over
part of the old lower room space, was removed and a new tile covered
concrete deck 12' x 25' was built to provide covered (but open air on
two sides) space off the living room and dining room that allows the
feeling of being part of the rear yard landscaping. A new central
heating system and laundry room upgrade completed the major portions of
this extensive remodel. |
