At Dresser Homes, we specialize in building beautiful homes in Atlanta’s premier intown neighborhoods — Ansley Park, Buckhead, Morningside, Sherwood Forest and Virginia-Highland. We know how to balance the space and entertaining needs of a modern family with the understated flavor of Atlanta’s most desired neighborhoods.
Since the late 1990s, Gary Dresser has been building high-end custom homes in Atlanta’s intown neighborhoods. With keen attention to detail and a commitment to client satisfaction, Gary has earned a reputation as the builder of choice in Ansley Park, Morningside, Sherwood Forest and Virginia-Highland.
Gary and his team choose just a few choice projects each year. That way they can focus their energies and talents on each specific site, ensuring that projects move smoothly and clients’ needs are met.
Working in close partnership with clients, Dresser Homes is dedicated to making every project pleasant. We are happy to recommend architects, bankers and interior designers or work in collaboration with those clients have selected.
We believe that close communication is key to keeping everyone on track. To enhance updates and exchange of ideas, we schedule weekly meetings with clients. We also value daily email as an easy means of communication. Our estimating expertise results in realistic budgets clients can bank on. We also deliver monthly status reports detailing actual-to-budget costs.
Our trustworthy network of highly skilled craftsmen is managed onsite by a Dresser Homes building superintendent.
Services Provided:
New Home Construction. Renovations. Kitchen and Baths.
Areas Served:
Atlanta. Morningside. Virginia Highland. Ansley Park. Buckhead
Since the late 1990s, Gary Dresser has been building high-end custom homes in Atlanta’s intown neighborhoods. With keen attention to detail and a commitment to client satisfaction, Gary has earned a reputation as the builder of choice in Ansley Park, Morningside, Sherwood Forest and Virginia-Highland.
Gary and his team choose just a few choice projects each year. That way they can focus their energies and talents on each specific site, ensuring that projects move smoothly and clients’ needs are met.
Working in close partnership with clients, Dresser Homes is dedicated to making every project pleasant. We are happy to recommend architects, bankers and interior designers or work in collaboration with those clients have selected.
We believe that close communication is key to keeping everyone on track. To enhance updates and exchange of ideas, we schedule weekly meetings with clients. We also value daily email as an easy means of communication. Our estimating expertise results in realistic budgets clients can bank on. We also deliver monthly status reports detailing actual-to-budget costs.
Our trustworthy network of highly skilled craftsmen is managed onsite by a Dresser Homes building superintendent.
Services Provided:
New Home Construction. Renovations. Kitchen and Baths.
Areas Served:
Atlanta. Morningside. Virginia Highland. Ansley Park. Buckhead
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- (404) 724-4621
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Dresser Homes That's a tough question to answer. It really depends on several factors like geographic region, level of finish, site conditions of the existing house, and so forth. In Atlanta, a high end room like this would probably run between $150 - $200 per square foot. The room is about 576 sf, so you would be in the range of $86k - $115k. Of course you could do it much less expensively with different finishes. This room has custom mahogany doors, hand-scraped walnut floors, 10' ceilings, heaving moldings, and so on. Hope this helps.
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Dresser Homes @isabel98: Yes, there are under counter lights as well. The counter which is only partially shown is a large opening to the family room, framed in a wood trim arch.
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Dresser Homes The pendants over the island are the only hanging fixtures in the kitchen. The other source of lighting are 5" recessed cans.
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Dresser Homes No, it was not limewashed. I'm not familiar with that process. This look was achieved by smearing the mortar on the brick while the bricks were laid. Good luck!
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erinry Thanks so much for your response! Your homes are beautiful!!
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Dresser Homes The mirror is a "one of a kind" antique. It's actually an old French gate converted into a mirror. I got it in Atlanta at South of Market. They have lots of interesting pieces like this.....you might want to check them out. www.southofmarket.biz
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dmarie54 Thanks so much. I am actually moving to the Georgia area, approximately an hour from the Atlanta. I will absolutely check them out.
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Dresser Homes I would do hardwood floors in the kitchen as they are easier on the feet, easier to keep clean, and less expensive than tile. But if you really want to do tile, I would look to some of the ceramic products that look very close to marble or stone. Maybe something that looks like white carerra marble.
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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Dresser Homes The ceilings shown here are 10' so these pendants would not work in your kitchen unless the rods could be shortened by 2'. Even then, the rods might be too short visually and they might look out of scale.
I feel like your island might be more suited to one single fixture, centered on the island, or perhaps two smaller pendants.
You might want to take a few options out on approval from the lighting store and hold them up over the island and see how they look. Typically stores will let you do that as long as you don't install the fixture.
So if your ceilings are 8' and the island is at 3' above the floor, that leaves 5' for your light fixture. Assuming you want something to hang 30" - 36" above the island, that means your fixture needs to be 24" - 30" tall. The more I think about it, the more I think a single chandelier type fixture might be more appropriate than 2 pendants.
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I feel like your island might be more suited to one single fixture, centered on the island, or perhaps two smaller pendants.
You might want to take a few options out on approval from the lighting store and hold them up over the island and see how they look. Typically stores will let you do that as long as you don't install the fixture.
So if your ceilings are 8' and the island is at 3' above the floor, that leaves 5' for your light fixture. Assuming you want something to hang 30" - 36" above the island, that means your fixture needs to be 24" - 30" tall. The more I think about it, the more I think a single chandelier type fixture might be more appropriate than 2 pendants.
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Dresser Homes I think if you center the fixture on the island and hang is such that the bottom is +/- 36" above the island, you will be fine. That leaves you 24" of drop for the fixture.
A round fixture would probably be okay, but I think you are on the right track thinking rectangular.
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A round fixture would probably be okay, but I think you are on the right track thinking rectangular.
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Dresser Homes This patio is done in what they call "random pattern". Here is the link: http://www.peacockpavers.com/pattern.html
Personally, I like both colors but probably prefer champagne slightly.
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Personally, I like both colors but probably prefer champagne slightly.
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jasellyn Our kitchen is very similar in the way the blind corner is a small cabinet next to the stove--I'm wondering if you can tell me what size cabinet you used for the base blind corner? How did you deal with the dead space? Are there pullouts in the cabinet?
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Dresser Homes It is a 36" x 24" corner cabinet with a lazy susan in the cabinet.
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Dresser Homes Typically, the upcharge is around 15% for inset doors. However, there is one manufacturer, Shiloh Cabinetry, who does not charge extra for inset. You might want to check them out. http://www.shilohcabinetry.com/
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