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The kitchen receives
This hallway, covered in optimal light through
chalk paint for doodling new windows and a
and note-taking, opens strategically placed
up to the dining room. cylindrical skylight.
Photo credit: Photo credit:
Mariko Reed Mariko Reed

The dining area of the main home opens up to an elevat-
Medium ed wooden deck, part of the communal courtyard that
sits between the two volumes and is a perfect area for the
family members to gather.
PlentyTransforms Photo credit:
Mariko Reed
a Southern California

Residence into a Multi-

Generational Abode

South Pasadena, United States

edium Plenty, a boutique architecture and interior design
practice based in Oakland and Sonoma, California, has
Mbuilt a reputation for its sophisticated, integrated design
process and modern aesthetics with projects across California and
the Western United States. Co-founders Gretchen Krebs and Ian Read
have crafted a practice where every detail is carefully considered,
honoured, and elevated through an exploration of light, materiality,
and spatial authenticity.

For their first Southern California commission, the team revamped
this 90+-year-old family residence in South Pasadena through the
complete renovation of its interiors and the transformation of the
existing garage into an ADU, where the client’s mother now lives. The
homeowners tapped Krebs and Read after being drawn to the studio’s
classic and minimal, yet warm, design aesthetic and philosophy.

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