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This project won in the 2013 Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh Housing Excellence Award for Best Urban Renewal Renovation Project. The glass bowl was made in the glass studio owned by the owner which is adjacent to the residence. The mirror is a repurposed window. The door is repurposed from a boarding house.
George Mendel

Check out the before and after photos of this beautiful master suite renovation!
Elegant bathroom photo in Atlanta
Elegant bathroom photo in Atlanta

Check out the before and after photos of this beautiful master suite renovation!
Inspiration for a timeless bathroom remodel in Atlanta
Inspiration for a timeless bathroom remodel in Atlanta

Our designer has achieved a stylish look by combining dark cabinets and light-colored marbles.

Photography by Matthew Bolt
Living room - coastal formal living room idea in San Francisco with a standard fireplace
Living room - coastal formal living room idea in San Francisco with a standard fireplace

Traditional beige two-story stone exterior home idea in Dallas with a hip roof

Example of a mid-sized transitional built-in desk porcelain tile and brown floor study room design with beige walls and no fireplace

Located on farmland in McLean, Virginia, the American Farmhouse balances the expected comforts of a new home with the bucolic beauty of an old farmhouse. The final site plan still has evidence showing parallel courses of the barn’s destiny. The house mass is broken and lowered so that the home can remain secondary to the monolithic barn structure. Earthy and elemental materials are selected for the home that reference the barn without directly mimicking it. Wooden members found inside the barn and from other barns bridge ceilings and are used in floors along with rustic slate adding to a sense of simplicity to the farmhouse design.
The age and patina of the barn is reflected in the house’s textural use of board and batten and field stone layered similar to stone foundations. The original development plan was to demolish the existing barn and construct three suburban homes. Part of an endangered breed, as one of the few remaining barns in the area, it was originally viewed as a challenge in a luxury home construction with several difficulties posed to the impending project: it would be expensive to renovate, vulnerable to demolition, and threatened by urban sprawl. However, instead of trying to alter or destroy the barn, the structure was fully embraced into the traditional architecture project as a centerpiece and was used as the inspiration for the home. The new house was sited parallel to the barn so that views to the barn gable were accessible.
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