12 NORTH BAY WOMAN | S P R I N G 2 0 1 4
Top: Suzan found - and finished herself - this
trio of wall hangings made of metal "found
objects" at Urban Ore in Berkeley.
Bottom left: Mortared river stones on the
surface of a recycled trough sink Suzan found
at Berkeley's Urban Ore. Suzan then took a set
of used restaurant prep tables, also found at
Urban Ore, to a Richmond metal fabricator and
had them sand blasted and powder-coated
in a bronze finish.
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of selecting a high-end refrigerator, she found
two stacks of under-counter refrigerator draw-
ers and placed them atop each other inside a
custom concrete wall.
She didn't stop there. She also helped lay
slate for the countertops and, to avoid grout
lines on the floor, simply butted together
large rough-edged limestone tiles.
Upstairs, she converted her former bed-
room into a media room, and downstairs,
in the space that her son once occupied,
Aiken's carpenter removed the cosmetic walls
that originally divided the floor into six small
rooms.
The space was transformed into an open-
plan master suite that incorporates a gas fire-
place and an unenclosed concrete bathroom.
Outside, Aiken and her neighbors opted
