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This 2 story home was originally built in 1952 on a tree covered hillside. Our company transformed this little shack into a luxurious home with a million dollar view by adding high ceilings, wall of glass facing the south providing natural light all year round, and designing an open living concept. The home has a built-in gas fireplace with tile surround, custom IKEA kitchen with quartz countertop, bamboo hardwood flooring, two story cedar deck with cable railing, master suite with walk-through closet, two laundry rooms, 2.5 bathrooms, office space, and mechanical room.

Potomac Garage

Green Diva Designs

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Historic Farmhouse Reconstruction

Kraft Custom Construction

This 1914 family farmhouse was passed down from the original owners to their grandson and his young family. The original goal was to restore the old home to its former glory. However, when we started planning the remodel, we discovered the foundation needed to be replaced, the roof framing didn’t meet code, all the electrical, plumbing and mechanical would have to be removed, siding replaced, and much more. We quickly realized that instead of restoring the home, it would be more cost effective to deconstruct the home, recycle the materials, and build a replica of the old house using as much of the salvaged materials as we could. The design of the new construction is greatly influenced by the old home with traditional craftsman design interiors. We worked with a deconstruction specialist to salvage the old-growth timber and reused or re-purposed many of the original materials. We moved the house back on the property, connecting it to the existing garage, and lowered the elevation of the home which made it more accessible to the existing grades. The new home includes 5-panel doors, columned archways, tall baseboards, reused wood for architectural highlights in the kitchen, a food-preservation room, exercise room, playful wallpaper in the guest bath and fun era-specific fixtures throughout.

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Hudson Valley

Elizabeth Strianese Interiors LLC

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Stellar Homes Inc.

Plumbing - Hype Mechanical Plumbing Fixtures - Best Plumbing Mechanical - Pinnacle Mechanical Tile - TMG Contractors Electrical - Stony Plain Electric Lights - Park Lighting Appliances - Trail Appliance Flooring - Titan Flooring Cabinets - GEM Cabinets Quartz - Urban Granite Siding - Weatherguard exteriors Railing - A-Clark Brick - Custom Stone Creations Security - FLEX Security Audio - VanRam Communications Excavating - Tundra Excavators Paint - Forbes Painting Foundation - Formex Concrete - Dell Concrete Windows/ Exterior Doors - All Weather Windows Finishing - Superior Finishing & Railings Trusses - Zytech Weeping Tile - Lenbeth Stairs - Sandhills Railings - Specialized Stair & Rail Fireplace - Wood & Energy Drywall - Laurentian Drywall overhead door - Barcol Closets - Top Shelf Closets & Glass (except master closet - that was Superior Finishing)