Growing families can quickly outgrow the homes purchased when the couple was just a twosome. In Seattle, Shed Architects designed a master suite addition for a family of five that was looking for a little extra space.
In the mid-1990s, Damon and Claudia Smith purchased a two-level, three-bedroom house, built in the 1920s, and restored it to liveable condition to make it their home. Over the next decade, they expanded the family to include three children and two dogs and in 2006, decided it was time for thir house to grow, too.
With the help of Seattle–based firm Shed Architects, the Smiths added a master suite--and got a covered outdoor dining space along with it.
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What a unique home! I have never seen anything like that.
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This is a very beautiful home. I absolutely love the colors they chose for the addition and their new covered dining space. But I think they could have made the remodel more seamless. Maybe they could have changed the siding on the original structure to look like the outside of the addition. And also maybe they could have changed the roof line. Just my opinion. Still, this is a beautiful home.
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Good idea, poor execution. The addition looks like a completely foreign element, when it could have looked like an organic extension of the existing structure.
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CC and SB: I think that it was their intention to create a contrast between the old and the new here...
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Something looks out of place and I'm not sure what that is. I think the original home was quite beautiful - and although I generally much prefer modernist architecture - and especially when it is married with 'old', this just doesn't seem to work. Still - the owners are no doubt happy with it - and that's what matters at the end of the day.
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How much did the addition cost...ballpark?
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If contrast was the goal? Well they got it then, But I think little else has been achieved beyond additional space. Contrast without continuity is for folks who use the term juxtapose is a sentence and think that its clever. I agree with SB that the execution is poor, unless the second part of the execution is to tear down or remodel the original home (which was a nice looking home) to match the addition.
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I appreciate both modern and craftsman style but this is not a good marriage of the two. I like both sections but one does not adhere to the integrity of the other. Inside spaces look like they achieved their goal of the addition. I like the covered outdoor space.
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Bad Idea, a cancer on a turn of the century bungalow. You can't have your cake and eat it too in achitecture. Esp. when you buy a property and want to add on in a completely different CENTURY.
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Wow. The idea was definitely bold, and I'd bet that the new owners love it. It's unique without a doubt, the modern and traditional pieces of the home both being beautiful. As others have said, contrast is clearly the theme.
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I'm all for a contrast between traditional and modern, but to this falls a bit short. God is in the details, but so is the devil. The forms themselves are not the issue to me, but rather the manner in which they intersect. They seem to slam together rather abruptly, and the detail of that intersection seems entirely unresolved. The manner in which the existing roof line meets the new addition is particularly odd. Again, love the concept, but the execution seems amateur-ish.
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I think it is brilliant. The additon takes on a pitched roof to connect with the original, and then removes it with the further extension. The new space works with the old by not pretending to blend with it. The different siding shows what is new and what is old. They both reinforce each other while not competing with each other. The elevated structure on pilotis is a fantastic way to cut costs, by not investing in so much foundation work.
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What a neat solution! I love the treehouse effect, and that is a sweet bathroom.
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Gosh everyone is so down on this! I like it, both simple structures, both different and both saying different things ... seems like a pretty normal marriage to me! Kudos for doing it guys even though I'm pretty sure you would have received a lot of flack from outsiders (if theses posts are anything to go by)
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wow.. this is a sad waste of money... what an aweful structure...
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I could not get the slide show,so I don`t know what the inside looked like. I have put a bedroom ,bath,and laundry addition on our 1916 house.We decided it was better than building a new house on one level.It is 800 sq.ft.,Has large ( what I call curly ) beams in it -like in a Japanese minka (farm house) one beam is 22 feet long X 22 inches wide X 6 inches thick and is from a very large elm tree that I cut down and had milled,bamboo heated floors,cherry moldings,and some very old Japanese architectual pieces included in the design.One of the features is a set of stairs called a kaidan dansu which is a piece of furniture -doors and drawers-that is also a stairs,which leads to a loft over the bathroom. The bath has a 48" neoangle shower.Toto dual flush toilet with a washlet toilet seat,a soaking tub,two stone sinks,and a washer and dryer right off the bed room.I designed and built the addition mostly by myself.I had a contractor friend do the roof-I`m to old to get up on roofs anymore. I can send pictures if anyone would like. I am an Industrial designer and a collector of Japanese antiques.
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ghastly!
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Interesting idea covering the outdoor dining area. However, the addition SCREAMS boxy addition. I don't know if this was a SIP or stick built but if the owners stick built this, they missed a major opportunity to save $$ by having SIPS built and done on site. Interior looks great, exterior poorly executed. They pay that mortgage not me so no worries here ;)
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I honestly think that the real problem here is the ugliness of the side of the original structure. The addition is so clean and that side of the house is cluttered. I think that just dealing with that and doing some decent landscaping would make a huge difference in how the two parts of the house blend.
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Have you ever seen two photographs of a city scape? One photograph will be of a '1920's subdivision', the second photograph will be newer, of the same scene, same vantage point but the newer photograph of the "1920's subdivision" has a glass 40 story office tower in the background. The contrast between old & new photos can be startling. What was once sub-urban 1920's is hardcoare 2010 Urban.... This house is a bit extreme....I love the concept of a MOD addition on a vintage home...but this looks like someone built a highway over pass in their green backyard. Maybe someday they can enclose the 'covered patio' to give the addition less of a Hwy over-pass look.
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Nice work, but it doesn't match the rest of the house; unless this is a "Phase 1" kind of thing. If not, then I have to say that just because you can do modern with the old, doesn't mean you should. Either fix the rest to match the new wing, or the better way to go would have been to make a modern play on the older style, and then add some cosmetic features to the original home, so that both parts "fit" together aesthetically. Other than that, the design and work are very nice on the new wing!
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