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This renovation of an owner's second-third floor unit in this mill worker's two-family house is a testament to the sense of space that can occur with the careful restructuring of a 19th century interior - taking a found object and releasing all of its hidden potential.
Custom architectural millwork and stainless steel hardware is employed throughout with special attention to lighting and strategically placed storage closets. The custom four foot wide maple sliding doors, separating the studio from the main living area, is outfitted with translucent silk dupioni fabric and concealed stainless steel hardware to allow a variety of sliding positions.
Upstairs in the attic the roof was just high enough to allow built-in knee wall cabinets with a closet on the other side. Two south facing skylights illuminate the space as well as cool the space in summer. The roof deck was truly an engineering feat with triangular steel brackets attached to a main carrying beam and supporting the decking and guard rail three inches above the gently sloping roof below (above the kitchen), and right at the point where the clipped-corner French door barely fits under the upper roof (see the view from the deck).
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