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Above the owner’s suite, there’s a particularly medi tative space. “We created a loft for her so she could do yoga,” Hoffman says. “We also added clerestory windows … so it feels really light and airy up there.” The cozy spot also has an inset daybed for the wife to read at and a desk with a framed picture of a horse she drew in grade school. The husband has his own space too, a loft above the garage. “He wanted sort of a man cave, although it’s far from a cave because it’s bright and airy,” Hoffman says. He has a cobalt blue recliner, floor-to-ceiling shelves and a custom, glossy Italian Ebony L-shaped desk under a stainless-steel beam mounted with lights. The office space is near a bath room with matching glossy cabinets and a blue cobalt ceiling. “This has a totally different feel from the rest of the house, and [it’s] more contemporary,” Hoffman says. “It’s a nice juxtaposition.” Despite that area fea turing brighter colors than other parts of the house, it still has that soothing vibe. “They each kind of have their look in their space, but they both love the sensibility of the natural fibers and the natural feeling in the public area of the house,” Hoffman says. “So we wanted to keep it very natural. The Japanese feeling kind of flowed.”

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From the soaking tub in the owner’s bathroom, you can see a copper rain chain adorned with bees, hanging down from the gutter. The feature, both decorative and functional, is traditional on Japanese houses. This one has four bees on each metal cup, matching the other cop per exterior details around the windows and pergola beams. “You see that gorgeous rain chain,” says Cynthia J. Hoffman, owner of Cynthia J. Hoffman Interior Design. “Inside in the ground, there is a ceramic pot that the water comes down into and then leeches out into the yard.”

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