HISTORIC DISTRICT OF KALORAMA, A THREE-STORY BRICK CITY HOME IS RENOVATED AND ADDED TO. A DARK CONSERVATORY FORM IS ADDED CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE BACK OF THE HOUSE SOLVING CIRCULATION ISSUES AND ADDING SPACE FOR A BREAKFAST ROOM. THE ADDITION REFERENCES CONSERVATORIES DESIGNED DURING THE TIME, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC HOME AND THE NEW CONTRASTING ADDITION IS CLEAR. THE UPPER LANDING OF THE MAIN STAIRWAY WAS CHANGED TO WINDERS. THE BENEFIT OF WHICH PURCHASES ENOUGH RISE TO ALLOW CIRCULATION BELOW THE WINDERS ALLOWING ACCESS AND VIEW TO THE BACK GARDENS. INFORMAL KITCHEN, FAMILY AND BREAKFAST WERE OPENED UP TO ADDRESS MODERN LIVING, THE PARENTHESIS OF THE ORIGINAL ROOMS WAS LEFT CLEARLY DEFINED. BRICK WALLS ARE ALSO ADDED TO THE FRONT ACT AS A BASE ON THE FRONT.

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HISTORIC DISTRICT OF KALORAMA, A THREE-STORY BRICK CITY HOME IS RENOVATED AND ADDED TO. A DARK CONSERVATORY FORM IS ADDED CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE BACK OF THE HOUSE SOLVING CIRCULATION ISSUES AND ADDING SPACE FOR A BREAKFAST ROOM. THE ADDITION REFERENCES CONSERVATORIES DESIGNED DURING THE TIME, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC HOME AND THE NEW CONTRASTING ADDITION IS CLEAR. THE UPPER LANDING OF THE MAIN STAIRWAY WAS CHANGED TO WINDERS. THE BENEFIT OF WHICH PURCHASES ENOUGH RISE TO ALLOW CIRCULATION BELOW THE WINDERS ALLOWING ACCESS AND VIEW TO THE BACK GARDENS. INFORMAL KITCHEN, FAMILY AND BREAKFAST WERE OPENED UP TO ADDRESS MODERN LIVING, THE PARENTHESIS OF THE ORIGINAL ROOMS WAS LEFT CLEARLY DEFINED. BRICK WALLS ARE ALSO ADDED TO THE FRONT ACT AS A BASE ON THE FRONT.

Photography by Northlight Photography.
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With inspiration from the architecture of the alpine village called Zakopane in the Carpathian Alps, in the Tatras Mtns along the border between Poland and Slovakia. The area is known as the podhale and the people are called goral. The roof lines and gable ends are typical of this region, but the architectural accoutrements come from an area we refer to as "the Land of the Blue Eyes". The roof ridge and stallion ornamentation, called an okhlupen, comes from the Dvina River region of NW Russia. The window carvings take their inspiration from the choir stalls in the cathedral Dom St. Petri in Bremen, Germany, an old Hansa Federation Port City. The window shutters are inspired by the Inn of Lillehammer, Norway, and the support posts are replicas of the corner posts at the Vikingsholm architectural site on the shores of Lake Tahoe, here in our Sierra Nevada mountains. Vikingsholm is considered by most, to be the finest rendition of baronial Scandinavian architecture in North America. The wide chinking between the logs is typical of Bohemia and Silesia, as well as prevalent in our National Parks here in the USA. The stone work is dry stacked Montana basalt, and the reclaimed rafter tails are from old barns in Canada. Check out the 8-page feature article in the August issue of Mountain Living magazine: http://www.mountainliving.com/Homes/A-Handcrafted-and-Historic-Sierra-Nevada-Cabin/

Kuiken Brothers Federal Style Crown Moulding KB317 (3/4" x 4-1/2"). Request a copy of the Kuiken Brothers Moulding & Millwork catalog www.kuikenbrothers.com/moulding

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This grand estate is detailed with architectural appointments made from our Macedonia Limestone. The windows are surrounded with a rectangular stepped out custom designed molding featuring a decorative key and stylized window head. At the top corners of the windows note the detail which is referred to as a "return". This is a single piece of stone carved in the traditional "return" fashion where there is not a diagonal cut at the corners. Photography by Bella Dura.

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