A little Modern

Kitchen/Family Room Looking Out Our clients bought an old home that had been moved to it's site, and reconstructed.  The old portion of the home was charming and quite beautiful.  Added on to it was one of the worst additions I have ever seen.  They asked us to remove the addition, and design a kitchen/family room that was sympathetic with the old house, but give them big views and a modern aesthetic. One other requirement was that the addition include a [...]

By |2023-02-25T12:15:55-05:00July 19th, 2016|Categories: Miscellaneous|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

Farmhouse Modern

Many of our clients own old farm houses and love the way they fit into the countryside of the Northeast. These same clients want the interior of their homes to be brighter and more modern than the original farm house. Recently we renovated a large kitchen and added a bright sun room to an 1800s farm house in Litchfield County, Connecticut. The kitchen cabinets were frameless and painted white with simple but elegant details offsetting the extra thick Carrara marble [...]

By |2010-06-03T13:59:04-04:00December 31st, 2008|Categories: Design, Renovations|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Compact and Crisp

Designed for friends who bought a beautiful piece of land on the side of a hill in Columbia County, this home embodies the phrase ‘Simple can be better’. We were given the mandate to design a small home on a budget, but to also give it style and grace. Another strict requirement was to include a dramatic steel staircase and keep it simple. We always welcome a design challenge and set about our work. In the end, we accomplished those [...]

By |2010-06-03T14:00:18-04:00December 10th, 2008|Categories: Design|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

More Than A Garage

Today’s garage, in some ways, is simply an update of the nineteenth century carriage house. Compared to today, those structures seemed more important and therefore more time was taken for planning both the look of the buildings and their relationship to the home. Often the carriage house was part of a barn or stable and occasionally included living quarters above. I consider the character and placement of a freestanding garage as important as locating the house on the property since [...]

By |2010-06-03T14:14:37-04:00March 4th, 2008|Categories: Accessory Buildings, Design|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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