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We've all heard of the five Rs of sustainability: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle; and that we should shop local. But have you thought about it in terms of architecture? Here is an example of a couple who instead of constructing new (Refuse) bought a pre-used Mid-Century style home (Reuse), and reused, repurposed, recycled, and bought local a lot of their found decorative objects. The pops of color juxtaposing the warm dark wood tones of the interior decor of this 2,600 square feet Mid-Century home in the Berkeley Hills of California are so fun.  The combination of Mid-Century Modern and Arts & Crafts with contemporary accents, gives the home a warm yet modern playful feel. It took the owners seven years of living in the 1947-built northern California modernist house to get a feel for the awkwardly divided spaces. But after a few attempts, an interior design as intimate and progressive as the architecture of the house itself emerged.  Their strategy was for the ho