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F U L L BAT H : The angular design of the foundation brought chal lenges but also opportuni ties, like the addition of a new 140-square-foot full bathroom — with 50 square feet being an angled walk-in shower, featuring a rainfall show erhead and tan ceramic tiles with a mosaic band. “It’s bigger than a lot of bedrooms,” Englert says. The space is finished with a natural stone vessel sink and a trio of Edison bulb pulley light fixtures. ACC E N T S : As a whole, the basement has a castle feel. The nature-inspired decor includes a stained live edge tree game room shelf, a stacked stone statement wall behind the TV and cultured stone accents to comple ment the home’s stone and stucco exterior. The game room’s door arch ways have stone accents to match the upstairs. “It was one of those projects where I got to use all of my creativity,” McLaughlin says.

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