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Renovation and Addition to Van Meter Residence
This was a complete renovation of an existing 1920's bungalow style house, with a new basement living area under the existing house and a new 1-1/2 story 800 square foot addition to the rear of the...
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Black Walnut Farm Guest House
Black Walnut Farm Guest House, built in the mid-1800's, is a historic stone out building on an estate in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It has been transformed into a luxury guest cottage complete...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #4
A transitional kitchen in a 100 year old home - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Remodel of the Week - Week #3
A transformation of a classic shingle style home - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Rock House, Springdale, Arkansas
Constructed in 1913, later abandoned and left for dead for many years, this Arkansas country residence has received new life by renovating both the interior and exterior. Included in the renovation...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #2
Opening up a Lakeside home to bring in the natural light and scenery - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Westridge Residence
While also capturing 270-degree views of downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean, this massive foundation-up renovation and second-story addition floods the once-dark interior with natural light...
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California Colonial Renovation & Addition
This ca. 1890-95 Colonial Revival home was a "fixer upper." The house was raised to create a family room and bedrooms in the basement. The scope of work eventually expanded to include kitchen and...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #1
1 commentLate 19th century schoolhouse remodeled as a residence - Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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beach cottage remodel
we began an extensive remodel project on a small 1950's beach cottage in South Ponte Vedra Beach in 2008. thinking we would just "freshen it up" we ended up expanding the foot print and taking it...
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Energy-Efficient San Francisco Remodel
1 commentThe Kumar Residence, nestled in the hills of Belmont, CA is an 1100 square foot addition and remodel of an existing 1950′s mid-century modern ranch house that needed updating, and more living...
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Haugerud Home
This St. Paul, Minnesota home started out as modest (and very original) 1950s rambler. The homeowner loved the location, but needed a larger home. She wanted to save as much of the home as possible...
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Waterfront Retreat
Waterfront Retreat Before: The original 1970's waterfront house and its accompanying guesthouse was primarily a summer getaway for the owners who lived in New York City. The desire to use it as a...
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Completely new Kitchen and Full Bath in former space that was kitchen and casual dinning area.
Two years ago we decided that I needed a first floor full bath because of my spinal disability. We wanted to change the existing space without adding sq. footage. Our new bath is our former small...
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front porch remodel
we wanted to go with a kind of country feel with the front of the house that was inviting, friendly and open to the surroundings. the front porch before was in bad shape, the home was built in 1901...
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A Screen Porch that Grew
The original modest goal was a screen porch. The problems were many: !) The rear of the house faced southwest, was completely unshaded. and the roofline, combined with the custom-height doors into...
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Historic St. Louis Shaw Neighborhood Restoration
Our mission was to develop and restore a derelict home in a historic district of St. Louis to its former beauty while incorporating modern lifestyle requirements of new home buyers at an affordable...
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Dooley Residence
The task was to transform a forclosed, run-down, poorly built country ranch-house into a contemporary Napa wine country vacation home. This house was poorly built in 1973 with scrap lumber, the...
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Town house remodeling in Sunnyvale, CA
1 commentI am long time subscriber of FH magazine and I'd like to participate in 2013 house awards.I am owner of very small remodeling company (me and helper) and provide full remodeling and design servicesI...
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East Bay Remodel & Addition: A Study in Contrast
Our clients needed to expand. The couple and their 4 children owned a small split-level house in the dense residential city of Albany CA. While the street frontage of the 1930's era structure was...
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Riverbank House
About Riverbank House…A quick 25 minute drive from NW Portland, our home is a remodel of 2 mismatched vernacular residential structures into a single cohesive residence. The original 2 residences...
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The Next 120 Years
The Next 120 Years Forty years ago we bought a late 19th century house. It was run-down and therefore inexpensive. But it matched several of the criteria that we had listed as important inour...
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Near Merezero
The Context: Built in the 1970's the existing house had an unusual and eclectic character that the current owners loved, including a wide variety of recycled doors, windows, interior finishes, and an...
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Rustic Trail House
BEFORE: A screened porch obscured the light and views from the main living area of the original ranch house that was partitioned into small, dark rooms. The kitchen was tucked inland and isolated...
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Mid Century Modern Oakland Remodel
The original ranch style home on this property had broad overhanging eaves and dark rooms; it squatted low on its site, keeping out the light. The site itself had great potential – it sat up on a...
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French Country Gardener's Cottage
The owners of this Gardener's Cottage, one an avid gardener and the other a professional chef, decided to purchase the property adjoining their family home in order to expand their beloved formal...
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Ranch Revival
The Context: Jesse and Betsy searched for two years for the dump of their dreams: a dirt cheap, homely 1960s ranch house within walking distance of their kids' neighborhood school and close enough...
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University Circle Apartment Renovation
Our clients, a professional couple with a young child, challenged us to design a new custom kitchen / mudroom and laundry room with a tight budget in a historic structure. The existing kitchen...
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Lofty Intentions in Suburban New Jersey
What do you say when a prospective client asks you whether or not you would be interested in retrofitting his 1950's suburban tract house with timber frame roof system? After a long pause and a deep...
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Renovating Windswept
Renovations interest me because you are joining something that is already happening, and may have been happening for a long time-so while there is room to insert new ideas, you should be singing...
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HGA House
Project Description On a freezing December day in 2008, an electrical fire burned through the center portion of this home and destroyed the lower level,. The kitchen floor above collapsed into the...
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Green-Champagne Taste on a Light-Beer Budget
Green-Champagne Taste on a Light-Beer Budget Two full time jobs. Little cash. And grand plans to make a drafty, 1941 fake-colonial a green gem in a gorgeous tree-lined neighborhood. What started...
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