The houseboat remodel
Tosh kicks back in the first-floor living room with cinematographer Kuba Zelazek. The couple's furniture splurges were the Crate & Barrel sofa and Restoration Hardware wing chairs.
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The bathroom also has a floor-to-ceiling storage rack that slides like a pocket door into the wall behind the shower -- maximum storage with a minimal footprint.
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The breakfast counter is simply a wood slab that sits on a thrifty but attractive base made of plumbing pipes. Swiveling iron stools were scored at the Long Beach flea market for $200 and then...
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Detail of the ventless alcohol-burning fireplace, where a platform provides a place to sit and to display decorative accents, as well as creates a natural spot for storage bins below. Tosh trimmed the...
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Tosh, a scuba enthusiast, sits on a fold-down platform that allows easy entrances and exits from the water. It's made of scrap steel. She said nothing, not even twice-weekly pumping of the sewage...
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Minka claims her bone on the top deck's artificial turf -- $175 for a 5-by-10-foot section at Anawalt Lumber. The furniture is from Teak Warehouse in Redondo Beach. Tosh also used wire baskets...
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On the top deck, Minka sniffs around a fold-down table that Tosh and Zelazek use as a work surface or as a buffet for entertaining. The table top is a $400 Urban Home buy. They "lopped off the legs"...
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Zelazek walks up to the top deck, passing the banister with more built-in shelves and a pop-up tabletop -- another spot to set down a glass or display photos without space-gobbling table legs.
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Floating stairs -- cantilevered steel clad in wood -- lead from the guest lounging area to the top deck.
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The lamp in the foreground is made from the metal ring of a wine barrel. Tosh scoured Etsy and found Wine Country Craftsman sconces and Atelier 688 light fixtures made from hefty marine rope.
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Stairs lead to the second level, which contains the master bedroom, bathroom and guest area. Rope appears again, crisscrossed around nautical cleats to form the banister railing. A bookshelf is...
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A hinged bulletin board made of scrap steel and wood can drop down, transforming into a table to fold clothes or set up a buffet.
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The U-shaped kitchen has reclaimed wood cabinets, soapstone counters and a farm sink custom crafted by Tom Shadley of Shadley's Soapstone in Covina. Drawer pulls shaped like whale tails are from...
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... decorative shelving incorporates more rope as a knotted, nautical-flavored ledge.
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A barn door opens to reveal a unit with pullout drawers with rope handles that not only echo one of the home's design motifs but also are functional: The flexible material can lie flat, requiring less...
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