1950s Buff, Straub & Hensman house in Pasadena remade for modern living

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Perhaps the biggest single change that owner Christophe Burusco and designer Scott Lander made to the midcentury house in Pasadena: They removed a 150-square-foot dining room added by a prior owner. With the addition removed, the logical indoor-outdoor flow of the house was restored, and doors and windows once again open up to a deck.

Buff, Straub & Hensman: the deck

( Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / September 10, 2012 )

Perhaps the biggest single change that owner Christophe Burusco and designer Scott Lander made to the midcentury house in Pasadena: They removed a 150-square-foot dining room added by a prior owner. With the addition removed, the logical indoor-outdoor flow of the house was restored, and doors and windows once again open up to a deck.

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