'Updo' Renovation + Addition by One SEED (www.oneseed.ca)
This house started as a two level home with a hipped roof and white vinyl cladding, and we “prettied” it up with new siding, windows and heritage-style details, while adding an upper storey and new gabled roof… it was therefore dubbed ‘The Updo’
front stair with distinctive tiled treads, stainless steel accents, and a gabled roof overhead. Finally, the new upper storey steps back from the front elevation, and is completed with a wrap-around roof which ties into the covered entrance.
significant renovation and restoration.
A young couple purchased the house over 10 years ago as
a first home. As their family grew and professional lives
matured the inadequacies of the small rooms and out of date systems had to be addressed. The program called to significantly enlarge the house with a major
We were debating whether this is a new build or renovation.
was a renovation! A photo of the home before the renovation has now been added to the project's photo collection. Check it out!
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Since stairs come in all different sizes, it is common to have handrails custom made for your space. You could take this picture to a fabricator and they should be able to make one just like it for your particular space.
getting close.....how about our "square tile: on the facing between the stoop and stairs???
n the renovation and addition to this home in Falls Church VA, exterior hard-scapes and garden spaces surround the house while the spaces within the home are made larger and are opened up to the forestall views surrounding the home. When walking on the pathway one crosses the many thresholds along the
front stairs to a patio like this one solid stone than grass