Make-over … to Arts & Craft style
I’m lucky to have three children and a son in law who are very artistic and imaginative. They are all self employed and it’s fun to see what challenges come their way. This front porch do-over is a good example of that.
The owners had done a wonderful job in turning a small cottage type house into a charming home but the spindly front porch columns were way out of proportion as you can tell by this photo.
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My oldest son was called in and this is the result.
The solid stone bases and the heavier, tapered columns completely change the appearance and the owners now have a home that could have come straight from the “Arts & Crafts” era of the 1850’s.
The owners had done a wonderful job in turning a small cottage type house into a charming home but the spindly front porch columns were way out of proportion as you can tell by this photo.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FIAQ8VwYdHE/UMfBOGCjU3I/AAAAAAAADKs/Xix9nK0eNv0/s320/1.jpg)
My oldest son was called in and this is the result.
The solid stone bases and the heavier, tapered columns completely change the appearance and the owners now have a home that could have come straight from the “Arts & Crafts” era of the 1850’s.
7 Comments:
I love the look of the house. I thought maybe it was yours.
That is a significant difference.
Ginnie, that is a beautiful makeover and it so improves the cottage. Kudos to your son's workmanship.
I love the houses with porches you see all over the USA. Not something that you see very much here in the UK.
I read your comment on Phillips blog this morning after another massacre. And posted the NYTimes editorial from Paul Carriers blog An Agony In Eight Fits. All adding up to perhaps a consensus and some political courage will emergoe to finally seriously address the problem. Sadly, I'm not very hopefull....:(
Beautiful work and I love the Arts and Crafts look.
Dianne
I like those houses. There were quite a few in the town where I grew up. Nice job by your son.
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