A wheelchair-friendly remodel preserves a Hawthorne bungalow's 1920s character
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At first, their designer, Kevin Fischer of Alice Design, tried to talk them out of an extensive remodel. There are lots of wonderful ranch houses, he said. And a full second-story addition would be more costly and complicated than building a new home because of structural issues, seismic upgrades and the addition of a $40,000 elevator to accommodate Max and his service dog, Mr. B. But Max and Tali were adamant.
"We loved our house," says Max. "We didn't want to live anywhere else."
They also did not want to lose their home's 1920s character.
To them, that meant keeping the original footprint so that the house wouldn't overwhelm the surrounding, '20s-era homes. It also meant using dormers and architectural details that would make the second-story addition look as if it had been there all along.
"We said, 'If we're going to do it, we're going to do it right,'" says Max, a mapping specialist for Metro. "We'll be here until that baby goes to college," he adds,
Source: OregonLive.com
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For Catherine Reinhart and Scott Gray, flourishing the distance to live sustainably meant staying put in their Whiteaker neighborhood conversant with. With the help of architect Nir Pearlson, the couple transformed their crowded, Depression-era bungalow into a contemporary urban craftsman.
When Reinhart bought the 750- upright-foot home in 1991, it was affordable and adequate for her needs. A few years later she renovated the snug harbor a comfortable’s single-car garage into a bakery (she is co-owner of Accommodating Life Patisserie). But after many years of living in close quarters, Reinhart and store Scott Gray were ready to expand.
They just didn’t have enough blank to entertain their wide circle of family, friends and employees, say Reinhart and Gray. In 2006, they met with architect Nir Pearlson and hastily decided they could work well together, says Gray, who would be the project’s builder.
Gray and Reinhart set a ballpark budget and drew up a key plan for what they wanted: a big, empty space for dance, yoga and comic; more light; lots of wood; ample space for growing victuals; and a guest cottage. Pearlson took their basic design and brought back concepts for a new house that kept little more than a west-fa wall.
Source: The Register-Guard
Volma and Warneta Overton added the family room, bathroom and second-story study to the three-bedroom/one-bathroom bungalow in the 1970s to accommodate the
