"After touring the property, Warwas proposed some subtle changes: adding a 250-square-foot ADU to the garage, removing the fireplace and raising the ceiling height in the living room; adding a loft bedroom in the attic; and redesigning the exterior of the house. "It was a small project, but there were a lot of issues with the house," Warwas said. "I thought, 'Why don't I propose four different things and he can choose two or three of them?' He chose all four.""
""The living room wasn't big enough, and it featured a huge red brick fireplace that had doors on either side of it, leading to the backyard," said Warwas, who first met Puleo when they were undergraduate students at Massachusetts College of Art (now called Massachusetts College of Art and Design). "To access the outdoors, you had to walk down concrete steps to a covered patio." Paired with a third door off the kitchen, the home's entrance to the backyard was awkward at best."
Antonio Adriano Puleo purchased a 1946 two-bedroom bungalow in Glassell Park in 2010 and initially planned to add an ADU to expand his art studio. Architectural designer Ben Warwas proposed transforming the house into a "forever home" by adding a 250-square-foot ADU in the garage, removing a large red brick fireplace, raising the living-room ceiling, adding a loft bedroom in the attic, and redesigning the exterior. The living room's layout produced awkward backyard access via concrete steps and multiple doors. Puleo accepted all four proposed changes to create a larger studio and improved living spaces.
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