Here is a view of the other side of the house. The top floor windows have white shutters as window treatments (for privacy I guess - I would remove them). The lower floor windows have shoji screens over them. I like the vertical siding on the top floor - it separates that volume from the rest of the structure and makes it seem to float above the lower level - which was popular in the 80s (a borrowing as I mentioned from the 1930s). The architect cleverly combined different square shapes creating a wonderful composition reminiscent of Piet Mondrian.