1949 Roger Lee Remodel. Montclair District, Oakland, CA.
Main floor bath vanity with custom built medicine cabinet. Obscured glass for new window by Stained Glass Garden. General Contractor: Alderson Construction. Photography by Robert Whitworth
Partial interior remodel of a Roger Lee home in the Montclair neighborhood of Oakland, CA. Mr Lee was the first Asian American architect of the AIA, he designed numerous iconic homes around the Bay Area.
The home offers sweeping views of the San Francisco Bay with the city and the Golden Gate Bridge framed perfectly from the living room windows.
Our mission was to update the function and design in a manner that felt cohesive with the rest of the home and without distracting from the iconic nature and history of the home. With the original areas featuring rough sawn redwood siding in a warm taupe, we designed all the casework in a matching glaze to marry back to the old. To add warmth we designed the custom made bedroom pieces in walnut to balance off the gray. In keeping with the home, we also glazed the ceiling in the same color. Radiant heated floors were added beneath a new blueish limestone. We added casework inspired by Japanese Tansu design to gain access to the roofdeck with a leather wrapped grab bar as a beautiful and functional safety accessory.
The furniture was all designed by Mia and built by Berkeley Woodworks
Custom Designed Casegoods, built by Berkeley Woodworks
Leather wrapped grab bar for the rooftop deck entrance
Master Vanity
Cubbies on the side of the bath cabinet. Custom design by Mia Heiman. Built by Lloyd's Custom Woodworks
Cabinetry Detail. Built by Lloyd's Custom Woodworks
Before the remodel the bathroom was fully integrated with the bedroom with the exception of the WC.
We turned the room around to face the view, added another window. The bathroom became fully enclosed. All within the original footprint.
Layout before and after. The idea was to turn the bed around to face the million dollar view of the San Francisco Bay.