What happens when you live in a “nice” house? No huge problems, but no wow factor, either. When you come home at the end of the day, you can’t rejoice, “I love my house!”

We transformed a “nice” house into a “wow” house without adding to the footprint of the building . Working with the family, we figured out what the issues and problems were.

The first floor contained 2 of the 3 bedrooms, but this area was laid out in a “choppy” maze. Also, the front entry foyer was not only non-descript, there wasn’t much room for visitors to gather when they entered. This cramped entry wouldn’t allow for you to admire the home’s lovely circular grand staircase until after you walked through a tiny hallway.

By adding dormers and finishing what had been an attic, we were able to move the 2 bedrooms from the first to the second floor, where the master was already located. Then we were able to open up the first floor area where the bedrooms used to be and use that space for a family/game room.
We reconfigured the small, non-descript front entry foyer.

Now the homeowners have that wow factor and their guests have a place to “be” when they walk in. In the area in front of the staircase, we changed the walls to create an octagonal space with a new octagonal pattern design in the wood flooring. Anyone who walks in now has enough space to step inside a comfortably sized area and appreciate the staircase.

With our design, we enhanced the curb appeal while keeping the charm of an older house. We maintained and copied the attractive details, trim and overhangs of the home and then reconfigured the roof by adding larger dormers for more pop (and more room).

While we didn’t change the design of the main roof it now has more of a wow factor.

We also reconfigured the windows, most notably changing the window configuration of the wall you see when you approach the house.

Is your home just “nice”? Sometimes, it’s about taking the things that were already special and finding creative ways to accentuate them.  It’s also advantageous to rework a poor layout so that you have a better use of the space.

We’re all about making our clients’ lives happy and giving them a transformation so they can have the experience of truly loving and enjoying their house. So we were thrilled later when the homeowner said:

“What an improvement this has made to our quality of life!”

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