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The before and after side by sides of the original home and final renovation.
Thought it could be fun to show some before and after on the project from different views in the house. We’ll keep this post simple and just focus on the original main house.
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It’s been awhile (part 3).
Hard to believe that the last update was in December of last year. To say the project has been challenging would be an understatement. Our contractor basically lost interest in the project. When we really needed to push to the finish line everything became a chore and drawn out. We’ve had supplier issues that we’ve…
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It’s been awhile (part 2)
In our last blog post we shared how difficult it was to be managing the process from afar. We were behind schedule, over budget and having a tough time figuring out exactly where we were on the many aspects of the project. We were fortunate that a work related issue required us to head back…
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Well, it’s been awhile.
Maybe starting construction during the middle of the first major pandemic in a 100 years wasn’t a good idea. Maybe doing so while also living 7,744 miles away and not being able to travel makes it even more questionable. Though progress is slow and being half a world away is making things tougher we are…
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Construction starts but Covid has other plans for us.
When we left Seattle back in early March of 2020 we thought we might be gone for a few months or so. But as you all know things didn’t quite turn out that way. We had a plans submitted for permits and had selected our contractor and were just waiting for the go ahead. We…
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Now we’re cooking! The kitchen design takes shape.
With the kitchen we knew we wanted to stay within the existing footprint because of the roof line implications as well as the way the central CMU stack would hinder our ability to truely open up the space, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t areas of improvement. We can still take the wall out between…
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45 trees? Really?!? We may have underestimated a little bit.
The nice thing about the Hilltop Community is that the original founders thought ahead. When they developed the community they staked where each of the 40 homes would be positioned best to take advantage of the views. They then laid out the lot corners around those view positions. They also created a “view corridor map”…
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The design process starts
We didn’t contact many architects when we kicked off the project. We had worked with Rick Chesmore of Chesmore + Buck, on our previous Bellevue mid century modern home. He had a great appreciation of mid century architecture and we knew his sensibility would be a perfect fit for the new project. The other architect…
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The tour begins…
The rear deck is accessed via two large sliders in the main living space. The deck is sloped quite a bit for drainage. With the low roof line pinching the views from the inside and heavy rail, there is quite a bit of opportunity to open up the spaces visually. That’s pretty much it! You’ll…
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We found the plans…
Whenever you buy and older house it is always a wonderful surprise when you can find the original plans. It helps inform of original intent as well as acts as a nice starting point for dimensions. This is the first time we were also able to find a landscape plan as well. One thing to…
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