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Donald Gardner home - Derbyville - help needed

16 years ago

Hello everyone!

We are beginning to build the Donald Gardner Derbyville ( http://www.dongardner.com/plan_details.aspx?pid=2799 )and are looking for others who have done the same.

Specifically, we would love to see a picture taken from the front door, looking toward the back of the home. We are having concerns about the railing that turns along the back side of the stairs.

If you have a picture like that of your Derbyville home, or ANY other image you'd like to share of a similar plan we would love to see it. We are in the beginning stages (basements in!) and are gathering all sorts of ideas.

Thank you, in advance, if you have anything to share.

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  • 11 years ago


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    • 8 years ago

      Dining room . Took out the pass through because of moving the stairs. Have a small dry bar instead.

    • 8 years ago


      Family room, looking from the hallway

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    • 8 years ago

      Stairway, completely between DR and kitchen

    • 8 years ago

      Kitchen

    • 8 years ago

      Breakfast area, back wall was pushed back 2 feet

    • 8 years ago


      Sunroom where porch is on the plan, wall left open

    • 8 years ago

      Entry looking into all rooms. We took out the partial wall cutting off kitchen from FR

    • 8 years ago

      Kitchen from the breakfast room

    • 8 years ago



    • 8 years ago

      house looks great! thanks for sharing the pics

    • 8 years ago

    • 8 years ago

      It is moving along. Thanks for the pics! Send more when you can.

    • 8 years ago

      Looking good. It will go faster now.

    • 8 years ago

    • 8 years ago

      Beautiful! Send inside pics when you can~

    • 8 years ago

      Looks really pretty. Can't wait to see more.

    • 8 years ago
      Getting close to the finish
    • 8 years ago
      Back view. Screen porch not finished
    • 8 years ago

      Beautiful. Love the stone fireplace. Did you go with wood floors throughout?

    • 8 years ago

      Looking great Marco. I bet you are happy to be almost done and ready to move in.


    • 8 years ago
      My husband and I are still perusing plans, but this is one of our favorites. The posts and pictures have been so helpful. Everyone’s homes look beautiful!
    • 8 years ago
      Great pictures and helpful advice from everyone. We started our Derbyville in January. We had to overcome a bit of a slope in our yard so we went with a half basement.
    • 8 years ago
      It took a while to get started. It’s been crazy in middle Georgia with rain this year so we’re about a month behind schedule.
    • 8 years ago
      Moving along
    • 8 years ago
      We squared off the bay window in the breakfast area and went out 2ft in the master bedroom. More pics of the interior and back of the house to come, but this is where we are as of now. Hoping to finish by October.
    • 8 years ago

      It looks great. You will not be sorry. The derbyville is a great floor plan. We have been in ours a little over a year now and we still love it.

    • 8 years ago

      I agree with Valerie. It has a lovely floor plan.

    • 8 years ago

      Everyone's house looks great! Any pictures of the bathrooms, especially if you redid the layout? We are looking at this floor plan too!

    • 8 years ago
      Ok. Need a quick answer from fellow Derbyville home owners. If you did the metal over the front porch on the roof what kind of metal did you use? STANDING seam? Or Corrugated? I think from what I see it’s standing seam.
    • 8 years ago

      We did standing seam

    • 8 years ago

      We did standing seam also.

    • 8 years ago

      Jessica Greer, we did change the master bathroom. We did one long counter with double sinks and vanity, huge shower across from it on the outside wall and toilet room on the side of the shower. Here are 2 pictures and I'll see if I can find a picture of the plan.

    • 8 years ago

      Bedroom at the top and master bath closest to the bottom of the picture. Sorry for the dots, that was to mark for can lights. (Lots of them!)

    • 8 years ago
      Our home is just about finished.
    • 8 years ago
      Inside shots
    • 8 years ago
      More pics
    • 8 years ago
      Kitchen and barn door
    • 8 years ago

      Beautiful! Love the gray cabinets. What's behind the barn door?

    • 8 years ago

      The barn door goes to a tv den. That was the formal dining room in the plans.

    • 7 years ago

      Oooooo, Marco, it looks sooooo nice. Your colors are beautiful. The kitchen is very soothing and I love the fireplace stone. It’s nice and bright. You must be so pleased.

    • 6 years ago

      Wow! Great pics! We are making adjustments to the Derbyville as well and hope to get started building sometime between October 2020 and January 2021. I’m so glad I found this post!

    • 6 years ago

      Great house! Post pics!

    • 6 years ago

      What color brick and stone ashleykayn?

    • 6 years ago

      Never updated pics of our finished house. Here goes

    • 6 years ago

      With landscape lights

    • 5 years ago

      David, it’s so pretty.

    • 5 years ago

      Very nice. What kind of landscape lighting is that?

    • 5 years ago

      ProTrade bullets from SiteOne. https://www.siteone.com/en/pt-bul1-bz-nl-pro-trade-bul1-up-light-aluminum-housing-bronze-no-lamp/p/504885

    • 5 years ago

      Has anyone besides Valerie changed the stairs? I can’t make up my mind about them.

    • 5 years ago

      I’m so glad we did. The entrance is so open and beautiful. Here is from the family room looking toward the entry.


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