Early on, the owners decided to phase the design and renovation process to create their lifetime home. They wished for a comfortable, up-to-date and beautiful home that would welcome their new additions and guests alike. Initially, they worked with Jones Pierce Architects to restyle the exterior and masterplan the landscape with Core Studios. The unfinished basement and exterior were completed in partnership with Jones Pierce Design and Core Studios later. The most ambitious project started with JPA's design in 2018 and was completed in partnership with Jones Pierce Structures in 2020.

Project Goals:

- Provide a masterplan and a construction viability budget for a two-car garage, guest house accessory structure and work on the back of the house to better connect to the backyard living area.

- Locate the guest house "car porch" outside of the driveway parking court.

- Add the guest house accessory building on the end of the driveway encroaching encroaching into the lawn area and moving landscape and a GA Power transformer.

- Develop a design for the house to upgrade the kitchen within its footprint, open up the load-bearing wall between the living and dining rooms and add large sliding glass doors to bring more light into the opened-up space.

- Add a screened-in porch with a gabled ceiling to incorporate the surrounding trees in the backyard. The porch needed to accommodate a seating area and fireplace turned from the office to be used on the porch.

- Restyle the rear elevation to replace the windows, repair siding and trim.