When architect and interior design firm Taylor Yang signed on to re-imagine a five-bedroom home in Tiburon, California, the existing interiors were what they called “vanilla.” In other words, they were the perfect starting point for the designers to create a transformation. Their work touched virtually every interior surface of the “coastal fresh” contemporary home, which is clad in shingle and clapboard on the outside. While the windows and doors remained, they made architectural interventions, such as exposing the ceiling beams and opening up a tight corner between the living room and study to create space for an open bar. (Hetherington Building was their contractor for these and other elements.)…