We copied a siding style that Katherine had seen on a Gulf Coast home,” Eubanks says. To achieve the look, the building team wrapped the house in 4-by-8-foot sheets of Hardie board, a fiber cement product, then applied 1-by-10-foot Hardie boards to that backing, leaving a 3-inch gap to create shadows and texture.
Quality craftsmanship. If you are adding any details to the exterior or landscape of your Craftsman-style home, it pays to seek out the highest quality craftsmanship you can — after all, it’s not called Craftsman style for nothing! Beautiful details on a fence or garden gate, like the one shown here, will echo the architecture of your home and enhance the view from the street.
Multipane windows and doors. Typically, Craftsman homes have double-hung windows with either a four-over-one or six-over-one pattern, while doors nearly always have panes of glass in the upper portion of the door.
o/s shower
window-old door from harware store
The wood-burning heater(old converted gas bottle) is the couple’s main source of warmth during the cold winter months, along with a small fan heater to take the chill off the air in the bedroom.
black marine plywood
The built-in wardrobes in this dormer bedroom have bifold doors for fuss-free access.
This bathroom in the dormer part of the house has amazing views. Wall Morris continued the tonal theme with the selection of tiles and stone in here. “The upstairs of the property is carpeted, so we felt it was nice to have dark wood vanity units for contrast to echo the wooden floor downstairs,” she says. Vanity unit: Artefaction
This bathroom in the dormer part of the house has amazing views. Wall Morris continued the tonal theme with the selection of tiles and stone in here. “The upstairs of the property is carpeted, so we felt it was nice to have dark wood vanity units for contrast to echo the wooden floor downstairs,” she says. Vanity unit: Artefaction
The two external-wall porthole windows — one seen here beyond the round landing window, and one shown in the first image in the kitchen — had already been fitted when Wall Morris started on the job. “We echoed these in the porthole window at the end of this dormer-level corridor, which overlooks the kitchen on the inside wall [seen in the second kitchen image]. This one wasn’t originally a circle, but we ended up building the [woodwork] that way so there’s consistency throughout the house. When we came up with it, it was definitely a ‘Why didn’t we think of this before?’ moment!”
Paneling continues in the master bedroom, with banding and beading detail on the ceiling and walls. This room was deliberately kept simple — just a place to sleep, with a reading chair in the corner. There’s also a small dressing area off this room. Pendant: Barbara Barry in soft silver, Visual Comfort & Co.
Wall Morris Design SaveEmail As you enter the en suite, there’s a walk-in shower and toilet on your left, and this vanity on your right. “We used the same paneling style for the vanity unit, and incorporated a leg detail to make it look more like furniture,” the designer says. “It also has a panel behind the legs, so nothing can fall under there and it’s easy to clean.”
Wall Morris Design SaveEmail In the main en suite bathroom, the free-standing tub was painted the same color as the gray used in the master bedroom. Bathtub paint: Blue Gray, Farrow & Ball
Wall Morris Design SaveEmail “My client and I share a love of dark wood floors,” Wall Morris says, “and the contrast of them really sets off a tonal scheme like this. It gives you the base to mix in a second [wood] if you want, as we did with the furniture, and glass and metal finishes work really well against it. In fact, anything natural works. Then you can also add an accent color if you wish. That’s my general approach to a color scheme.” Wood flooring: Trunk
In the hall, Wall Morris changed the colors slightly. Woodwork paint: Tunsgate Green, Farrow & Ball; wall paint: Inviting Gesture 0393, Colortrend
I wanted to create a layer of luxury and character through the built-ins and paneling,” Wall Morris says. “As you can see here, it helps ground spaces, center seating arrangements and frame the walls to center wall lights, paintings or a piece of furniture. Also, the upper wall paneling in the double-height space helped us balance the very high [18-foot] vaulted ceiling.” Wall Morris and her client chose a layered neutral color palette. “I like to use a tone-on-tone color scheme,” she says. Paneling paint: Off White and Old White, Farrow & Ball; wall paint: Light Gray, Farrow & Ball
for a family of five, the 2,200-square-foot property sits on 22 acres. A man-made pond is part of a geothermal system that heats the home in winter, using very little energy. A 2-kilowatt solar array provides the home with electricity.
Jurassic Brown marble
bolster pillow using an intricate obi, or kimono sash. The small side table is a drum.
entryway sits between the two wings, with large bifold windows to the side of the front door revealing tantalizing glimpses of the color and character that lies within.
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