A Spanish-style house has undergone a complete renovation by Courtney Thomas Design in collaboration with KSM Construction, located in La Cañada, California. This is a Mills Act Home, a California program that allows owners of qualified historic homes to receive a property tax reduction. The project team worked together to honor this architectural landmark home […]
Huestis Tucker Architects in collaboration with Fox Hill Builders has renovated a historic white-washed brick house located next to a nature preserve in Darien, Connecticut. Nestled on a quiet road, the owners selected this traditional home for its location and privacy, an idyllic place to raise their young children. However, the house was much too small, […]
Tim Barber Architects is responsible for the renovation and addition of this historic craftsman residence located in Santa Monica, California. In 1910, eminent architect Sumner Hunt designed a Craftsman chalet in one of Santa Monica’s most coveted and historically rich communities. When a young couple moved into the residence over a century later, they instantly fell […]
Kristina Crestin Design in collaboration with Cook Custom Homes is responsible for the renovation of a one-hundred-year-old modern country farmhouse located in Massachusetts. The scope of this HGTV farmhouse fixer-upper project entailed the complete overall of a dairy farm that was just over a century old. Brand new Pella windows were integrated throughout this home. […]
This cozy English cottage house was completely renovated for empty nesters by Jean Stoffer Design, located in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. After raising a family with four children in Chicago, the designer and her husband decided to downsize, falling in love with this modern English cottage style home. This three-bedroom home is more quaint than […]
Jaco Booyens Architect in collaboration with SAOTA restores Buffelsdrift, an award-winning farm located west of Ladismith in the arid Klein Karoo region of South Africa. SAOTA specializes in contemporary architecture and has designed luxury homes around the world, however, when SAOTA Director, Greg Truen acquired the farm in 2016 it was important to him to maintain […]
This project entails the historic preservation of a Mission Revival home by Harrison Design in collaboration with Griffin & Crane, located in downtown Santa Barbara, California. The backstory of this home dates back to 1895, part of the Crocker Row Houses, which is a series of five homes on Garden Street. It was one of […]
Barnes Vanze Architects is responsible for the renovation and addition of a 1920s Mediterranean Revival home located in Washington, D.C. Once you looked past the barrel-tile roof, the windows, doors, and interior layout were straight out of the Colonial playbook. The new owners had a desire to authenticate this home as a true Mediterranean Revival, at […]
This gorgeous historical colonial style home was given a complete overhaul by LDa Architecture, located in Brookline, Massachusetts. Constructed in the early 1900s, the new owners of this home were only the second family to ever own it. Their goal was to historically preserve the structure, along with making some much-needed renovations that would reflect […]
This historic Italianate residence is landmark home completely renovated by Stuart Silk Architects, located in the Harvard-Belmont Landmark District, a part of Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington. The new owners of this five-floor home sought out an architect who would respect their home’s historic exterior, yet bring a modern sensibility to the interiors, which had […]
