Before and After: This California Split Level Home Went From Dark and Cramped to Sunny and Breezy
A Larkspur couple with three children and two dogs lived in a Larkspur split-level house for almost a decade, putting off making major improvements because they were simply too busy. But then, water leaking into the lower level forced them to address some of the structural issues. Still, the couple were reluctant to take on a full-scale renovation. Architect Steve Lochte convinced them to go all-in.
“We had ambitions to fix some of the problems, upgrade a little and make the floor plan work better,” the husband says. “But when Steve showed us his design, it was like in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ when Dorothy goes from black-and-white to color. He blew our minds.”…