This newly renovated New Englander needed some help when we first met its homeowners! With a vision and budget to match, these homeowners took advantage of a very fast-moving market and closed on this Downtown Portsmouth New Englander quickly to start work as soon as possible. Even though they inevitably got caught up in the… Continue reading Best Completed Project of 2021: New Englander Expansion
Category: exteriors
The Perfect Patio
Are you looking to create the perfect patio? Well, why not? Patios are an extension of the house and living space so it is worth the time, energy, and funds to invest in research and design. As an example, I’ll use the York Cape Expansion project to show you my process when designing a patio.… Continue reading The Perfect Patio
The Reasoning of Rooflines
Have you ever looked at a house and thought “that looks so weird, something is wrong!” If so, it’s probably the roofline. I’m not going to lie, they are hard. Very hard. So here is the logic behind creating a roofline: FOOTPRINT The footprint dictates the wall locations and the walls then create the rooflines.… Continue reading The Reasoning of Rooflines
How the Traditional Farmhouse Interior and Exterior Relate
Do you wonder how the design process works between interior and exterior? Well, it’s a bit of the Chicken & the Egg story. Typically, there is a lot of back and forth within the relationship throughout the design process. With a farmhouse, we establish the footprint of the rectangle for the main house and determine… Continue reading How the Traditional Farmhouse Interior and Exterior Relate
Color Selections Tips & Tricks
Are you getting ready to paint? If so, the first thing you are considering is the color, and I have some color selection tips & tricks for you, so here we go… QUALITY PAINT. Always, always use a quality paint brand. I know that there is less expensive paint out there, but when you actually… Continue reading Color Selections Tips & Tricks
North Mill Pond View
CLIENT PROFILE The homeowner is an engineer and worked in framing during college, so he is more than capable and very thoughtful about the construction process acting as the GC. He and his wife bought the 1900 2.5 stories, New Englander, with 1,534sf in 2012 mostly for the large, beautiful lot located right on North… Continue reading North Mill Pond View
A Cape Expansion to Meet Every Need
CLIENT PROFILE These clients are from Andover, MA, and own a large family-run business that they are getting ready to retire from. They bought their York Harbor, Maine home in 2007 as a summer home and with full expectations to renovate at some point and they also have a home in Naples, FL. The goal… Continue reading A Cape Expansion to Meet Every Need
How to Make a 90’s Home into a Modern Farmhouse
CLIENT PROFILE These clients are part of “Urban Flights 2020”. For this young couple with two small children, Covid entered their home in Southie as Daycare shut down and both working in Corporate America were suddenly working from home. She grew up in Vermont and he grew up in Maine and his brother was a… Continue reading How to Make a 90’s Home into a Modern Farmhouse
Tiny New Englander Grows Two-Fold
CLIENT PROFILE These clients are both working professionals, he is an electrical engineer and extremely capable to build just about anything. He bought the 1860’s 1-3/4 high New Englander in 2016 as a “fixer-upper” and he has renovated this 956 sqft home on his entirely on his own. We started working together in May 2020.… Continue reading Tiny New Englander Grows Two-Fold
Are you Prepared to Think Outside of the Box?
Every custom home brings with it the possibility of thinking outside of the box and the Steel Farmhouse is no exception. As a matter of fact, it’s a nice blend of typical elements that make a home functional with a custom twist. Here are some of the features that are creative, functional, and outside of… Continue reading Are you Prepared to Think Outside of the Box?