This home came to us worn down, outdated and deprived of architectural interest. We saved only that which zoning required, and started anew. The house sits in a lovely neighborhood of early 20th century Revivalist homes, and our client had fond memories of his childhood Tudor Revival home. The Tudor language would be that which …
This Colonial Revival home had good bones and had been cared for. Unfortunately, the house had undergone changes to the kitchen and master suite that did not improve the house. We tossed the kitchen, breakfast room, pantry, and powder room on the first floor, the master suite on the second floor, and started over. Key …
This modest 1839 Greek Revival grew piecemeal over the ensuing century. Their needs for the renovation were straight forward: a large kitchen with plenty of storage, rooms for informal and formal entertaining, and a comfortable master suite… and lots of room for books. Planning for the future, the owners also wanted an elevator along with …
This 1807 Federal house is on the National Register. It is rare for its intact interiors, including original paint – a remarkable window to early American architecture. Bradford’s descendants owned the house until the 1950s, never modernized it, and then donated it to the town. The building’s exterior deteriorated while it sat vacant during the …
This Victorian home served a family of four well while the two children were small. But they shared a tiny bath last modernized decades ago. This was tolerable until the children – a boy and girl – entered their teens, and then it wasn’t. Also, their teenage energy and new interests needed outlets at home. …
Old houses have so much going for them. Their kitchens, however, fail to make the list of assets. Designed to be out-of-sight and out-of-mind, they occupy small, left-over polygons of otherwise robust floor plans. Fast forward 125 years and these demure rooms are now the center of attention. When Charles Dole, father of the Dole …
The owners of this Oxfordfordshire, England property outside of London wanted an estate home to rival the historic and enchanting country houses that dot the English countryside. This particular country house should look as if it had graced the landscape for generations, subtly changing over time. As such, the building was designed to weave the …
This house, like so many of its era, had an inadequate kitchen and lacked a master suite. Unlike many that come to us, it was in reasonably good condition – it just needed a little pampering to return color to its cheeks. The homeowner emphasized time and again that natural light was to be the …
This large Georgian Revival sits in a lovely setting; the house is cradled on three sides by woods, with a long, sloping field for a front yard. But once inside, the house took on a Hotel California persona – try as one might to get outside, it felt like you could never leave. The house …
When the present owners moved into this Victorian home, they saw it badly needed something most Victorians have in abundance: charisma. It was pedestrian. Now, each formal room has its own identity. The parlor has richly detailed, custom-designed cabinetry flanking the room’s entry. The library is wrapped in floor-to-ceiling shelves made of mahogany. The dining …
