PLANS TO ADD A MASTER SUITE as well as a bedroom and bath over an original glass-enclosed porch on this Craftsman include a steel seismic frame enclosed in a pergola wrapping two sides of the ground floor. In the remodel process, two common old house issues will be addressed: how to rationalize the rear façade in manner consistent with the other elevations, and how to open the house to the rear yard.

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