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A June Evening at Home

·Walnut Creek, California·#bay area#home#architecture#interior-design#cooking
A kitchen with white cabinets, teal subway tile backsplash, white countertops, stainless steel appliances, and dark floor tiles.

Nothing on the calendar tonight past dinner in Walnut Creek — a June evening at home. The blue stockpot went on the induction cooktop, and a six-pack of Racer 5 sat on the shelf above the range next to a Cal towel that hadn't been put away yet.

After dinner I went out through the atrium. At night the glass walls turn the courtyard into a lit box — the oak coming up through the paving, the rain chain hanging off the beam, the plants along the concrete, and through the far door one of the geometric paintings glowing under its own bulb. There are a few of those hanging around the house now, all in heavy gilt frames that don't match anything else here, which is why they work.

Back inside, the dining table still had the three little vases on it — blue, orange, yellow — same colors as the painting on the wall behind them.

A kitchen counter features a blue pot on a stovetop, a book, a beer six-pack, a blanket, and a mug.A modern house at night with large glass windows framing an illuminated outdoor courtyard and interior spaces.A minimalistic bedroom with a single wooden bed, two windows, wall art, and a nightstand with a lamp.A dining room with a white table, chairs, a houseplant, and a framed abstract painting on a white wall.A framed abstract painting with colorful geometric shapes hangs above a dark console table, revealing a dining room beyond.An abstract painting with colorful geometric shapes in an ornate frame hangs above a dark dresser with a vase and bowl.A double vanity bathroom features two white bowl sinks on a marble countertop, with mirrors and white towels.A black Miele induction cooktop has a blue pot on its right burner, set into a speckled countertop.

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