The Organized Home
A couple modernized their home, packing plenty of storage into every square foot
Julie Carlson has a confession: "I'm a bit obsessed with details." This trait proved invaluable when she and her husband, Josh Groves, remodeled their 1970 post-and-beam ranch fixer-upper in Mill Valley, California, nine years ago. Their problem: to modernize and open up the dark, fragmented space and create enough storage for their family, which includes children Will, 12, and Darcy, 10, without exceeding the 1,850 square feet allowed by local zoning laws.
They resolved to stay within the one-story house's original footprint but remodel ruthlessly -- including turning one of the three bedrooms into an office and building a new master suite above the garage. It was a job that required "meticulous planning and sourcing," says Carlson. "There isn't a surface that was untouched."
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