This 2-story home with first-floor owner’s suite includes a 2-car garage and welcoming front porch. To the front of the home is the study and formal dining room with craftsman style wainscoting and elegant ceiling trim detail. Hardwood flooring in the foyer flows to the kitchen and the breakfast area where sliding glass doors lead to the patio. The kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops with brick veneer backsplash, and attractive cabinetry with decorative crown molding. Adjacent to the kitchen is the spacious family room with dramatic 2-story ceiling and a gas fireplace with stone surround. To the back of the home is the owner’s suite with stylish trim detail on the bedroom ceiling and a private bathroom with double bowl vanity, 5’ tile shower, and a large closet. The 2nd floor features 2 additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a convenient loft space.

This 2-story home with first-floor owner’s suite includes a 2-car garage and welcoming front porch. To the front of the home is the study and formal dining room with craftsman style wainscoting and elegant ceiling trim detail. Hardwood flooring in the foyer flows to the kitchen and the breakfast area where sliding glass doors lead to the patio. The kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops with brick veneer backsplash, and attractive cabinetry with decorative crown molding. Adjacent to the kitchen is the spacious family room with dramatic 2-story ceiling and a gas fireplace with stone surround. To the back of the home is the owner’s suite with stylish trim detail on the bedroom ceiling and a private bathroom with double bowl vanity, 5’ tile shower, and a large closet. The 2nd floor features 2 additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a convenient loft space.

These owners were downsizing out of a 7,500 sqft home built in the '80s to their "forever home." They wanted Alair to create a traditional setting that showcased the antiques they had collected over the years, while still blending seamlessly with the modern touches required to live comfortably in today's world.

Solution: Consistency of countertops creates more preparation space. The relocation of wall ovens to left wall and moving the refrigerator farther to the right gives more preparation area and makes the space feel larger. Under countertop microwave. Nine foot high cabinetry does provide more storage and the upper illuminated cabinets creates a showcase for owner’s memento of growing up in England.

After years of renting out the house, the owners of this 1916 Craftsman were ready to make it their forever home. Both enthusiastic cooks, an updated kitchen was at the top of the list. Updating the fireplace, as well as two bathrooms in the house were also important. The homeowners passion for honoring the age of home, while also updating it, was at the forefront of our design. The end result beautifully blends the older elements with the new.

These kitchen cabinets from a 1950's remodel of this 1920's Bungalow were updated to create this timeless look. The custom glass doors were fitted in select cabinets to display the owner china and crystal. The cabinets where given a fresh coat of paint and finished with a class clear glass faceted knob.

Georgian Revival - The Ford Plantation Echoing the time of gracious Southern living, a curvilinear driveway among a forest of live oaks takes you to the two structures on this Georgian estate – the main house and a carriage house. The main 1 ½ story house featuring Savannah Gray Brick and slate roof, incorporates an elegant formal entrance, colonnade and front porch; while the ‘owner’s entrance’ is located to one side of the home. The rear of the house incorporates a screened-in porch and overlooks a large paddock area of dedicated green space. The carriage house, using board and batten painted wood siding, serves as a garage. The house’s interior is made up of traditional moldings and casing, hardwood floors, and furnished with period antiques. General Contractor Tony Reardon Construction Co., Savannah GA Interior Design By Owner

Remodelled 1980s house. Decluttered, styled and redecorated with owners furniture and accessories.
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This sophisticated mountain rustic home uses beams reclaimed from a Pony Express Station dating from 1861. The exterior vintage timber siding is from an Oklahoma barn built in the 1880’s. This home located in a prestigious enclave of Mountain Village near Telluride is warm and unpretentious reflecting it’s Owner.

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Located inside an 1860's cotton mill that produced Civil War uniforms, and fronting the Chattahoochee River in Downtown Columbus, the owners envisioned a contemporary loft with historical character. The result is this perfectly personalized, modernized space more than 150 years in the making. Photography by Tom Harper Photography

This 2-story home with first-floor owner’s suite includes a 2-car garage and welcoming front porch. To the front of the home is the study and formal dining room with craftsman style wainscoting and elegant ceiling trim detail. Hardwood flooring in the foyer flows to the kitchen and the breakfast area where sliding glass doors lead to the patio. The kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops with brick veneer backsplash, and attractive cabinetry with decorative crown molding. Adjacent to the kitchen is the spacious family room with dramatic 2-story ceiling and a gas fireplace with stone surround. To the back of the home is the owner’s suite with stylish trim detail on the bedroom ceiling and a private bathroom with double bowl vanity, 5’ tile shower, and a large closet. The 2nd floor features 2 additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a convenient loft space.

This 2-story home with first-floor owner’s suite includes a 2-car garage and welcoming front porch. To the front of the home is the study and formal dining room with craftsman style wainscoting and elegant ceiling trim detail. Hardwood flooring in the foyer flows to the kitchen and the breakfast area where sliding glass doors lead to the patio. The kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops with brick veneer backsplash, and attractive cabinetry with decorative crown molding. Adjacent to the kitchen is the spacious family room with dramatic 2-story ceiling and a gas fireplace with stone surround. To the back of the home is the owner’s suite with stylish trim detail on the bedroom ceiling and a private bathroom with double bowl vanity, 5’ tile shower, and a large closet. The 2nd floor features 2 additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a convenient loft space.

This 2-story home with first-floor owner’s suite includes a 2-car garage and welcoming front porch. To the front of the home is the study and formal dining room with craftsman style wainscoting and elegant ceiling trim detail. Hardwood flooring in the foyer flows to the kitchen and the breakfast area where sliding glass doors lead to the patio. The kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops with brick veneer backsplash, and attractive cabinetry with decorative crown molding. Adjacent to the kitchen is the spacious family room with dramatic 2-story ceiling and a gas fireplace with stone surround. To the back of the home is the owner’s suite with stylish trim detail on the bedroom ceiling and a private bathroom with double bowl vanity, 5’ tile shower, and a large closet. The 2nd floor features 2 additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a convenient loft space.

Owner's bathroom
Freestanding bathtub - large 1960s master ceramic tile, black floor and double-sink freestanding bathtub idea with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, a one-piece toilet, gray walls, an undermount sink, quartz countertops, a hinged shower door, black countertops and a built-in vanity

Photos images: Courtesy of the Homeowners At the end of a dirt road in southern Vermont is a stunning timber and stone residence designed to resemble a small medieval Anglo-Norman manor house originally constructed in the 16th century. According to the owners, a husband and wife with a keen interest in both ancient and modern architecture, the 5,000 sq. ft. home was built slowly over eleven years by highly skilled craftsmen in order to complete all of the authentic hand-planed interior details. The craftsmen then spent an additional two years building the adjacent “ancient“ barn. “We always knew we wanted to take down a delapidated 19th-century hay barn and replace it with something of the period of the house,“ the husband said. The owners designed the barn and began to consider zinc for the roof after looking at northern European architecture and discovering that zinc has been used extensively in Europe for 300 years. Approximately 4,200 sq. ft. of RHEINZINK prePATINA bright rolled Double Lock Standing Seam Roof Panels were utilized to roof the white oak structure. The bright rolled material was selected deliberately in order to achieve the “naturally aged look“ that the owners were seeking. “It’s gone almost immediately to a soft grey which is what we hoped would happen. As the years go by, the color of the weathering white oak and the aging zinc will come together in a dusty grey. Seeing this building in the fog five years from now will feel like seeing a 500-year-old ghost barn floating in the hills of Vermont.“ Installation of the RHEINZINK panels was done by Cold Hollow Contracting, Burlington, VT. “These folks had serious zinc-roofing experience and were clearly the most craft-oriented of all the roofers we met with,“ according to the husband. The main focus was getting an “old look“ as quickly as possible, said Tim Heaghney, co-owner of Cold Hollow Contracting. “That’s really what makes the bright rolled so special—it ages quickly. We fabricated the 28 ft. panels on site and did the flashing fabrication in our shop. Many of the normal sheet metal skills apply to the zinc although we relied heavily on the RHEINZINK installation manual as well as personal support from their technical people. We used a radius cut and fold at the eve termination as opposed to the typical detail used in steel and copper where it‘s just cut at the 90 for the drip edge. The roof was steep but we do a lot of steeples and domes so we’re comfortable working at heights.“ The installers also utilized RHEINZINK’s AIR-Z structured underlayment to provide an air-gap behind the zinc. The RHEINZINK distributor on the project was Beacon Sales, Shelburne, VT

Use pocket doors: Doors require swing space; they also add to the visual business of a room. For a tidy division between the bedroom and living room, Harden installed a pocket door. Another graceful detail worth noting: The living room’s built-in bookshelves turn the corner and continue in the bedroom. The shelves, which are painted a Farrow & Ball taupe, are evenly spaced and sized to fit the owner’s literature collection; his art books go in the living room niche.

The original 80's master bathroom did not match the sophistication of the rest of the home, nor that of the owners. This Victorian inspired master bath is everything the home owners wanted, beauty, elegance and sophistication, all discreetly tucked behind a pair of mahogany and frosted glass sliding doors.