Behind an iron gate on Russian Hill there is a tiled courtyard filled with bamboo, fern and Lilies of the Nile. The one you're looking for is the first one on the left as you walk inside. Thirty years ago, the designer who bought this home knew exactly what she wanted to do with it. Together with an architect she enlarged doors, cut holes between rooms and took some walls out altogether to combine a porch and closet into a guest room. Elsewhere, windows were frosted, baseboards were added and storage was built in everywhere. In the meantime, the world outside the gate was starting to change as her sleepy Polk Street block had become a lively walk-to-coffee location with dozens of shops and restaurants close at hand.
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