Spirit of the South
-
To keep their project affordable, Shelton and Stuth (with Augie, a friend’s child) gambled on an up-and-coming neighborhood.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
They purchased a historic duplex and bracketed it with two new houses, similar in form to the originals but wholly modern.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
Stuth and Shelton’s dining area, like their bedroom, and the rest of their house, is a work in progress. The couple keeps an eye out for deals on materials to complete their laundry list of unfinished projects. Recently, a local surplus building supply happened to have just enough extra maple to finish their floors. They jumped on it. “We’re just waiting for the right opportunities,” Shelton says.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
-
Their deck has a concrete block fireplace and antique wooden furniture.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
-
A peek into two rental units reveals simple but strong interiors. The architects clad the walls with polyurethane-coated plywood “to provide a durable and attractive finish and provide visual separation between the two levels in the high volume,” says Shelton.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
The kitchen countertops are made from affordable laminated oak intended to line the beds of tractor-trailers, which the couple coated with Salad Bowl Finish to create a food-safe surface.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
Their tenants include veterinary student Leslie Carter and intern architect Brad Raines.
Photo by: Hollis Bennett -
Photo by: Hollis Bennett
Categories:
More
Back Storied
Without altering its turn-of-the-20th-century facade, architect Christopher Polly transformed the rear of this Newtown, Australia, home from bleak to bright.
Kitchen Solutions: Smart Storage Design
For a Toronto couple with a love of minimalist Japanese architecture, a sleek, storage-packed kitchen was the first priority in their home's renovation.
The Raiser's Edge
Mike McDonald, an Oakland, California–based builder, faced a common problem for Bay Area homeowners: an aesthetically pleasing, historically significant, but structurally shaky Victorian.
An Affordable Duplex Transformation in Texas
Affordable gestures abound in this transformation of a dilapidated former duplex in the Texas Hill Country.
Add comment