This is a project I've been looking forward to sharing since the day construction began. A family with a modest farmhouse in Muskingum County, Ohio wanted a new home with open spaces and room for visiting family and guests - and decided that rebuilding the...
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Your home probably has several entries - front door, back door, garage door - but you only use one to welcome guests into your home. The front door in most homes opens into a foyer, a word derived from French and originally referring to a...
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"Garage addition design." Not exactly the sexiest words in residential Architecture. But that doesn't mean this project shouldn't get the same design attention as a kitchen or bathroom or a whole-house remodeling. This lovely Muirfield Village home, built in 1981 on the sixth fairway of Jack Nicklaus'...
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The best home remodelings sometimes are the most subtle. This 1932 Colonial Revival home in historic Olde Beechwold (Columbus, Ohio) needed updating, but didn't need a dramatic overhaul. The new owners moved from another home in the area, and already understood the potential of this...
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The laundry room/mudroom: according to my clients, it's one of the most-used and most important rooms in their home - so it's surprising to see how often it's ignored in the design of new homes. A recent experience with a new client shows what I mean;...
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I like finding creative solutions to tough problems, but this small room addition was the one obstacle in my years of practice that stopped me cold. Two very nice folks with a lovely condo invited me over to talk about an addition. We had nice chat;...
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Architects don’t want you putting fake stuff on the outside of your house – faux wood siding, faux stone, faux trim – just because it’s less expensive than the real thing. We don’t like sacrificing aesthetics or authenticity, when the only benefit is cost savings. There are...
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The neighbors around this Riverlea, Ohio one-story addition and remodeling project wondered what was going on - all kinds of contractors coming and going, building materials hauled in...
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Everything came together on this new custom Craftsman home project, and the result is one of our favorite projects in many years of designing custom homes. A thrilled client is what it's all about of course, but in this case, we're thrilled with what the...
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The design process for everything we create - homes, tee shirts, coffee makers - is guided by recognized values of some sort. How those values are interpreted by the designer is what makes the difference between good and bad design. Everyone has their own taste, their own...
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