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Needing Not at a New Portland House, Wasting Not

By Extres
on Oct 05, 2020
in Coastal Style

Shannon Quimby and Glenn Hoffinger tore a dilapidated 1920s house in the Sellwood area of Portland, Oregon, with a very specific vision: to build a sustainable house from the floor up without wasting any substance. They called their renovation job the R.E.X. — for “the Reuse Everything Experiment.”

“My grandmother was very bad,” says Quimby, a photo stylist and salvage decorator. “We used everything, and we saved everything. When it was broken, we fixed it. When it was broken, and we could not fix it, we would change it into something different.” She and Hoffinger worked tirelessly for seven months because their own general contractors, conserving everything out of the crumbling foundation to bottles located on the building site, nails in the walls and even floor grates.

“We saved trees, we encouraged local companies, we encouraged nonprofit businesses who came into assist deconstruct and we taught people how to do this for future jobs,” says Quimby. For the interior she decorated with secondhand, budget-friendly finds wherever possible. “Thrift stores and salvage yards are my Chocolate Property,” she states. “I like to discover things everybody passes by and figure out exactly what I can change them into.”

at a Glance
Who lives here: Shannon Quimby; Glenn Hoffinger; their son, Chase; and cats Plum and Bella
Location: Sellwood area of Portland, Oregon
Size: 3,100 square feet (like the garage); 3 bedrooms, 31/2 bathrooms
That’s intriguing: The couple hired as many as 350 subcontractors for its renovation; about average 20 per day labored on it. The most they had onsite was 67.

Whitney Lyons

The siding was the only job that cost more to refinish than replace with new. The shiplap needed to be dipped, sanded and primed to eliminate the lead-based paint.

“When we’d bought it new, it might have cost us $2,000 less,” Quimby says. “But we saved trees saved it from going to the landfill.”

Before Photo

Cridland Photo

Quimby and Hoffinger began deconstructing the house in 2007. They hired local company The Rebuilding Center to provide help. The project took seven months to finish.

Before Photo

Cridland Photo

After taking down the house, they organized the building materials to reuse but discovered an issue. “We made a big mistake,” Quimby says. “After putting everything in the lawn, we realized we had nowhere to build the house. We needed to lease two containers and shop everything in these.”

Whitney Lyons

AFTER: From the dining area, Quimby repurposed beer and wine bottles located on the house during reconstruction to create a dining room chandelier. She even took the bottles for her mason to get them cut using a wet saw and then added the lightbulbs.

Table: Fixing, Urban Timberworks

Whitney Lyons

A vintage map hides a mounted tv in the living area. “The map retains the union together,” Quimby says. She purchased the cupboard at a local garage sale for $55. The couple cut off the sides and turned it to a corner cabinet to maintain their electronics.

Before Photo

Cridland Photo

Everything in this space got a new life in the new house. The floor grate in the old living room is now the front door boot scraper. The floor was saved and utilized on a mini fridge as door paneling, as floor for two of the bathrooms and as bases for window beds in the upstairs playroom.

Whitney Lyons

They bought the sectional at an estate sale for $300. The back of the sofa, piping and buttons are all covered in burlap Quimby found for $4 at Goodwill. She found the rest of the cloth online at a discount.

Whitney Lyons

This set of cushioned chairs in the living area cost $35 at a neighbor’s real estate sale. Quimby reupholstered the seats together with old java bean sacks and jeans. She designed the fireplace hearth with bits of wood in the old sunporch.

Whitney Lyons

Quimby repurposed holly trees in the home for stools. “Holly trees are an invasive species, so you don’t need a license to cut down them,” she states. An old mailbox utilized as a side table sits with a sofa Quimby purchased for $20 at a garage sale.

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The cabinetry and sink in the kitchen are presently being utilized in Quimby and Hoffinger’s workshop.

Whitney Lyons

AFTER: The kitchen island is created of a composite of 80-year-old framing by the previous house and leftover framing by the new construction. Above the island Quimby and Hoffinger utilized a window in the old home as decoration.

Knobs and hardware in the kitchen and throughout the house are made from insulators.

The couple found the large scale at an estate sale in Medford, Oregon. It was not a part of the sale, but Quimby’s eagle eye spotted the stone under 40 decades of sawdust. She paid $25 for this .

Whitney Lyons

Popcorn and brown sugar have been stored in jars attached to the bottom of the kitchen cabinet. Quimby’s grandfather Buzz was a bus driver with handyman abilities who maintained his nuts and bolts in jars that were similar in his workshop.

Most of the countertops in the house, including this one, are by Trinity. They’re created from recycled broken bottles and low-carbon concrete.

Whitney Lyons

Recycled chestnut floors make a beautiful hallway — and bowling alley.

Whitney Lyons

Quimby made this toilet pebble mat by gluing pebbles to a $4 mat out of Target. She bought the pedal faucet online with her son and his buddies in mind. The vanity is made of the old home’s back door.

Whitney Lyons

After the treads showed up for the stairs, they had been too brief. As opposed to taking the bits to the ditch and beginning from scratch, Quimby asked the builders to bulge the skirt out, put in a lip and make a toy-car monitor for her own son.

Numbers are attached at random by Velcro on each stair riser; they can easily be eliminated should the household need a switch.

Whitney Lyons

Quimby painted all the walls in the house using low-VOC paint from Yolo Colorhouse. This guest bedroom color is Water.02. The chandelier is an antique, purchased for $25.

Whitney Lyons

This armoire in the guest bedroom was Quimby’s first antique buy. A drum-clock garage sale locate decorates a repurposed lattice.

Whitney Lyons

The laundry area countertop is made from layers of paper out of Paperstone, bought at Green Depot. The colour is Gun Metal.

Quimby paid $10 for its white wall cupboards, which sat in storage for many years before the R.E.X. supplied the perfect chance to use them.

Whitney Lyons

The brass chandelier is an antique that Quimby upgraded with white paint using a toothbrush.

Friends gave them the letters utilized below the bathtub apron, which is lined with salvaged door and door trim.

Wall paint: Leaf.04, Yolo Colorhouse

Whitney Lyons

Quimby found this drain years ago in an old home’s scrap heap and turned it into a flowerpot.

Whitney Lyons

The main bedroom headboard is made from salvaged wood; it was the driveway gate of the first house. Quimby claims the gate was employed as an equestrian jump and as part of the decor in a Western-theme pub.

The foundation of the gate was discovered as it was featured in an article in The Oregonian. The creator realized his work and contacted Quimby.

Whitney Lyons

Ten years ago Quimby re-covered this chair in the main bedroom with burlap. “Burlap and java bean sacks are hot right now, and I’ve been doing this for decades,” she states. “Everybody told me how damaging it’d be — it’s not.”

Whitney Lyons

Among the biggest splurges was this beautiful armchair in the primary bedroom. “I really feel guilty about how much I spent on it. I despise spending money,” Quimby says. She found the bag at a garage sale and paid $45 for its antique lamp.

Whitney Lyons

Quimby designed the master bathroom vanity using the home’s unique groove and tongue Douglas fir flooring. The multiple colours are from years of paint layers. She scrubbed the old floor with water and soap and coated it with foam, subsequently added chrome-plated knobs in the hardware shop, personalizing them with rocks by a nearby creek.

The sconces are repurposed outdoor lighting fixtures out of a salvage yard. “They had been missing the glass panels, but I thought that looked great and decided not to replace them,” she states.

A vintage railroad sign over the mirror is a reminder of what things cost years ago.

Mirror: Goodwill; shower tiles: Fireclay Tile; counter: Home in Coal Grey, Eco-Cem

Whitney Lyons

The base of the upstairs window seats is made out of floors from the first living area. Quimby built them as wide as twin beds therefore the couple’s son and his buddies can have sleepovers.

Whitney Lyons

Intricate newel post caps in the former home adorn the new stairs.

Quimby is fascinated with old photos and decorated a wall in the upstairs hallway with old black and white photos of families from secondhand stores. “I always wonder exactly what those people were enjoy and ponder over their history,” she states.

Whitney Lyons

Chase designed this tree house, called Fort R.E.X., when he was 6. It is built with scrap wood.

Whitney Lyons

Once a year Quimby, shown here, has a massive garage sale.

She gives two to three tours of her house every year and occasionally shows it to interested folks who are passing by too.

“It’s a blessing, and I’m very proud of it. I enjoy discussing it,” she states.

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Kitchen Remodel Unifies a 1950s Texas Ranch House

By Extres
on Oct 02, 2020
in Coastal Style

Ryan and Erin McLaughlin are slow movers. When they bought their 1950s-era ranch home in 1998, they understood the kitchen would require renovating, but could not settle on a plan of action. “Our method of doing things involves 99 percent talk and one percentage action,” Ryan says.

“We tinkered together with our kitchen for 12 years, painting the plywood subfloor, changing out hardware,” Erin adds. ” We really tried to make it work.” Then, two decades ago, they decided to go for it and create an open-concept kitchen and living space. “We pretty much had it gutted and took down a wall between the family room and kitchen,” Erin says. They also built a mudroom entrance out of their garage and included a laundry room. The end result is a brand new, modern and compact space that makes more of their home’s square footage.

at a Glance
Who lives here: Ryan and Erin McLaughlin, their children Kate (10) and Owen (5) and their pets Lemon, a parakeet, and Scout, a terrier mix
Location: Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas
Size: 1,600 square feet; 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms

Sarah Greenman

The formerly closed-off kitchen became a much more vibrant space as a result of white cupboards, bright windows, multiple lighting fixtures and modern metal seats. A kitchen wall has been removed to make room for a large island and breakfast bar.

“I have always wanted a breakfast bar, therefore when we made the kitchen, that has been a priority,” Erin says. “Having the children ingesting, coloring and doing homework right that makes me happy.”

Bar Condominiums: Overstock.com; overall contractor: Jeff Van Buskirk, Heritage Construction

Sarah Greenman

The McLaughlins had dwelt together with the previous kitchen for 12 years before remodeling, therefore they were quite clear about their needs for the new space. “It was such fun to make choices about where to put outlets and how to put out the cabinets and drawers,” Erin says. “Forget lower cabinet doors and proceed with drawers rather.”

The couple’s largest splurge from the kitchen has been the farmhouse style sink and lighting fixtures. “I knew I wanted light fixtures out of Schoolhouse Electric along with a farmhouse sink before we’d actually decided how we wanted the kitchen to seem,” Erin says.

Hardware: Nob Hill Hardware

Sarah Greenman

Erin created this makeshift Roman shade in the dining area employing a fabric remnant and thumb tacks. “I am drawn to antique items and antiques,” Erin says. “And I adore deals. I don’t think there’s any decor that I paid full price for in our house.” Erin is proud of this kitchen table, which she found at a neighborhood sale for $10.

Ceiling lighting: Otis, Schoolhouse Electric

Sarah Greenman

The kitchen currently shares space with an upgraded family room where relaxation reigns. “I only expect that everything I bring in the home will get used and played. I don’t find the importance of having things if they are off limits. This is something I have evolved into, but it makes for your comfortable, family-centered home life that we have now.”

Along the back wall, a classic credenza provides extra storage. They maintain art supplies in trays for simple access.

Paint: Mega Greige, Sherwin Williams; carpeting: Ikea

Sarah Greenman

Erin created the “Home Sweet Home” wall with mismatched letters. “A few of the letters, such as two of the Es, are made of old books cut with a jig saw,” she says.

Slipper seat: Home Goods

Sarah Greenman

An upcycled beverage crate tucked close to the hearth keeps children books clean and convenient.

Sarah Greenman

The family room remodel included adding a built-in amusement center and shelving unit onto the back wall. The new installation matches the kitchen cabinetry to get a cohesive flow between the two spaces.

Sarah Greenman

The laundry area, which was formerly from the garage, was also part of this remodel. It features a laundry sorting channel, magnet board, chalk wall, clothing rack and overhead cabinets. “Although the kitchen has been the major attention, that small bit of additional square footage included so much work to our little space,” Erin says.

Sarah Greenman

The back door opens into a mudroom that lies opposite the laundry area. Hooks, baskets, shoe cubbies and drawers keep everyone organized. “That is my favourite area of the home,” Erin says. “It serves as our dropping zone also helps to keep all the stuff corralled.”

Sarah Greenman

The McLaughlins utilize their formal dining room as a shared office space. Erin is the owner of Perfect Sentiment, a custom made paper goods firm, which she runs out of home. “My husband and I really like our ‘dueling’ computers,” she says. A black shelving and desk unit produce a sensible and striking background for your couple’s classic green vinyl seats.

The most recent addition to the office is a wooden postcard carousel Erin utilizes to inventory her supplies. “I discovered it at a roadside flea market somewhere between Commanche and Stephenville, Texas for $10,” she says.

Sarah Greenman

Another half of this dining room is used as a conventional parlor. The spinet piano, a family room, lies opposite a painted black table flanked by two classic seats waiting to be reupholstered. Gold letters, symbolizing each member of their family, hang together from the foyer.

Paint: Library Pewter, Sherwin Williams

Sarah Greenman

The principal bedroom combines a calm taupe and yellowish color palette with warm hardwood flooring. A gallery wall of frames that are open, photographs, heirlooms and jewelry hangs by the back door, which opens onto the backyard.

Paint: Mega Greige, Sherwin Williams

Sarah Greenman

A wood desk serves dual duty as a bedside table and vanity.

Sarah Greenman

The furniture in daughter Kate’s bedroom is hand-me-downs or classic finds from local garage sales. A buddy gave her the pouf covered in a geometric print. A cascading gallery wall of art, frames, mirrors and ephemera hangs above her headboard.

Paint: Reflecting Pool, Sherwin Williams

Sarah Greenman

Kate, an avid reader, enjoys spending quiet time in her bright bedroom. Festive paper pompoms float above the parakeet cage.

Make your own paper pompoms

Sarah Greenman

Owen’s journey themed corner bedroom appreciates lots of natural lighting. His bedroom has been cleverly divided into areas for sleeping, playing and reading. A map of the planet hangs above his headboard.

Paint: Hopsack, Sherwin Williams

Sarah Greenman

Owen enjoys his well-appointed bedroom almost as much as he enjoys jumping on the bed. Erin hung magnet boards and license plates above Owen’s Trofast storage system out of Ikea.

Initially, “There clearly was ’80s country blue and mauve wallpaper with floral borders in each room,” Erin says. “After we shot down the wallpaper and painted, it started feeling like home.”

Sarah Greenman

Homeowners Ryan and Erin with their children, Owen and Kate on their Dallas porch.

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Honoring the Past in an 1891 Queen Anne

By Extres
on Sep 30, 2020
in Coastal Style

It requires a specific mix of skill and compromise to turn a really old house to something warm and inviting while preserving the original charm and character. Jean-Marc Bourgouin and Kathleen McCormack have just this particular talent. On top of being built in 1891, their Queen Anne–style home in Astoria, Oregon, came with bamboo flooring from the 1920s or 1930s, a 1950s stove and original windows that appeared to allow all of the warmth out and invite each of the chilly in.

Bourgouin and McComack, that are both in the restaurant industry, kept the house mostly undamaged, adding furniture in the late 1800s, an exterior paint colour that matches the original and vibrant interior paint. The end result is a lively house brimming with both modern character and old-world allure.

at a Glance
Who lives here: Kathleen McCormack and Jean-Marc Bourgouin, plus cats Brian and Isabelle
Location: Astoria, Oregon
Size: 1,350 square feet plus basement; 3 bedrooms, 2 baths
That is intriguing: This home was built with planks. In late-1800s and early-1900s Astoria, only the wealthy built their homes with plaster.

Kimberley Bryan

Like most homes in Astoria, Bourgouin and McCormack’s Queen Anne–style home perches on a sloped hill while nestling to the bottom of yet another hill, affording them a theater-seating perspective toward the majestic Columbia River.

“Astoria was always a functioning town. Being on the lake, it was a fish-processing town,” Bourgouin states. It was a hardworking location that, after World War II, was seriously economically depressed. “After the war, homeowners didn’t have the money to work in their homes or rip them down and build new,” he continues. “That is why so many homes, like ours, have kept so a lot of their original components.”

Paint: Rematch B30.5 Cly22 E2y9.5 Ky7y33, Pratt & Lambert

Kimberley Bryan

The majority of the couple’s artwork came from local artists or garage or estate sales. “There is no subject,” says McCormack. “We have artwork piled up, waiting to get on the wall. It’s our own way of expressing what speaks to us”

Sofa: Ethan Allen; bench: Scan House; coffee table: Rosewood, Scan Design

Kimberley Bryan

A glass-front cupboard displays enamel and silver–Russian Revolution pieces McCormack has accumulated since childhood.

Kimberley Bryan

An early-1950s O’Keefe & Merritt stove takes centre stage in the kitchen.

Kimberley Bryan

Nearby an English walnut washstand in the late 1800s sits under a wall of vintage pictures and needlepoint. The large, framed news article over the washstand is signed by Julia Child, who spent a day at the French Culinary Institute while McCormack was a pupil.

Kimberley Bryan

An 1880s walnut and burled maple hutch commands one facet of the kitchen and provides a stark contrast to the modern appliances in the laundry area, which was originally a sunporch added on the home in the early 1900s.

Kimberley Bryan

Bourgouin built the bathtub and shower surround to help divide the space within the small bathroom. Care was taken to match the look and texture of the house’s molding. The vibrant turquoise at the bathroom “is a color we made up,” says McCormack.

Kimberley Bryan

Painted fir stairs decorated with glass jars lead to the house’s second-story hallway plus a 1920s English Victrola cupboard. Original windows offer generous doses of mild “but no heating,” states Bourgouin. “The original windows are all beautiful, but they do allow in the cold”

Rug: Paulsons Fine Floor Coverings

Kimberley Bryan

Bourgouin removed the door of the principal bedroom cupboard to expand the room and make a sitting space. The vanity is made from birdseye maple. The molding on the slanted ceilings is original.

Chairs: J.L. Moller, Scan Design

Kimberley Bryan

Even though the measurements of the rooms are comparatively small, architectural treats such as this view of diminishing rectangles created by the bedroom, sitting area and bathroom doorways help pull the eye through the spaces.

Kimberley Bryan

The enclosed front entry is a protected spot for enjoying the views.

Kimberley Bryan

Built with the help of a friend, the back deck benefit from one of the sunniest areas of the property. The very clear roofing lets the light while providing much-needed protection from the rain, where Astoria receives 100 inches a year. Alongside the deck, a salvaged bathtub provides a raised bed for vegetable and herb starters.

Kimberley Bryan

Bourgouin and McCormack, shown here, made a collection of small, intimate outdoor spaces. This patio is just one of many areas nestled in the yard; the patio was created by Bourgouin of vintage brick.

Kimberley Bryan

When removing a false wall for a cupboard, the couple discovered a photo of the house’s background: seven layers of background and an original square-head nail. The ninth or eighth owners of the house, they keep the piece in storage.

“It’s fascinating to learn the background of your own home … the way that it had been home to others before you, also,” McCormack says. “It’s a means of sharing one another’s personal histories”

Kimberley Bryan

A year following the homeowners moved, they purchased the adjacent 15,000-square-foot lot. Once a dumping ground of sorts for both previous homeowners and many others, the yard is now a serene space full of towering deciduous trees and a garden. “I grow chamomile, parsley, chives, mint, strawberries, potatoes and fava beans,” says McCormack. “We get too many herbs and just enough potatoes and fava beans for us”

Kimberley Bryan

The couple created a meditation space with a rustic bench made from salvaged timber from the dockworks at the riverfront.

Kimberley Bryan

This chair, painted by artist Karen Bain, seems to hold a towering rustic birdhouse.

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When Mother Nature Meets with Your Modern Nature

By Extres
on Oct 09, 2019
in Coastal Style

Much like cooking, mixing interior designs can create new and interesting flavors. Look at mixing contemporary detailing with cottage style. The result is a hot, clean layout which allows occupants to center on the interior architecture and the exterior views.

Mixing two aesthetics which seem counterintuitive can bring about a fresh appearance. The important thing is highlighting the best attributes from the styles in a manner that blends naturally. Listed below are a couple of important details that create this unexpected aesthetic.

WA Design Architects

Live border slab table. Furniture choice plays a big role in the modern cottage mix. A slab of a fallen tree with its border left natural places the tone perfectly. Warm and rustic, this table is also contemporary because of its easy form.

Robert Hawkins

Modern lighting. Contemplate modern lighting choices contrary to the warmth of wood. Glass, pewter and iron are all excellent contrasting materials.

Whitten Architects

Highlight floor-to-ceiling viewpoints. The glory of a cottage is the surrounding landscape. Highlight towering pines with a modern-style floor-to-ceiling window. Look at a contemporary window free of mullions and casings, and allow the pines include the rustic half of this equation.

DxDempsey Architecture

Stair railroad with attitude. Insert modern components of steel, iron or steel cable onto a stair rail. Cabins frequently have double-height great rooms with a focal stair rail. Utilize this chance to combine in some contemporary detailing.

Uptic Studios

Duplicate horizontal lines. A flat orientation of substances will translate contemporary or transitional. Horizontal lines featured within rustic components such as concrete or wood siding is an eye contrast comparison.

On Site Management, Inc..

Textured neutrals. Consider all the texture from rustic wood particulars in cabinets, beams and floors. Now layer that look with neutral finishes such as concrete countertops and several shades of grey for an ideal modern cottage mix.

Studio William Hefner

Full-height fireplace. There’s nothing like a hot fire in a cottage on a snowy night — much better a fire at a mountain thunderstorm. Insert contemporary drama with a full-height fireplace. Modern and rustic material choices for a fireplace could be copper, natural rock or stainless steel.

Coburn Development

Lighten up. Yes, wood beams and siding can be lightened up. Create a clean and contemporary aesthetic with a lighter, monochromatic palette. Take whitewashing or a mild stain on beams and siding with pale walls.

JayJeffers

Proceed without window treatments. Let the outside in by bypassing the drapes. Highlight straight, contemporary lines of wood casings on windows instead of softening them with window treatments.

Charles Cunniffe Architects Aspen

Go light on pattern. A contemporary aesthetic really is defined more by what is made out of what is additional. Go light. Contemplate solids or a simple stripe to comparison the rustic lushness of the environment.

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Eclectic Repurposing Fits First-Time Homeowners in Utah

By Extres
on Aug 29, 2019
in Coastal Style

Described as a “type of mutt,” this 1911 home in Salt Lake City has been an perfect match for first-time homeowners and stepbrothers Ian Wade and David Kamp. The group benefited from upgrades done by a former homeowner, who had gutted and remodeled the home after it had been neglected for a long time. Two add-ons raised the living space: a rear room, and also the stepbrothers have since transformed into a lounge area using a DIY bar, plus another floor, which they turned into a guest room.

The inviting, open layout proved to be a major draw for both, who share passions for creating artwork, entertaining and cooking meaningful dishes for family members. Wade, 24, says he’s “filled the shoes of a philosophy student, bartender and athlete”; he is now co-owner of fashion boutique Fresh. Kamp, 25, describes himself as a “decorative scholar and explorer,” and works as an independent designer and a server at a neighborhood pub. During their combined wallpapers, a hybrid minimalist-meets-rustic design has blossomed.

at a Glance
Who lives here: Stepbrothers Ian Wade and David Kamp, and their bichon-terrier combination, Earl
Location: Sugar House neigborhood of Salt Lake City
Size: 2,000 square feet; 5 bedrooms, 3 baths

Lucy Call

Wade and Kamp had been purchasing furniture for three months before they got the keys to their own residence. “We’d all these components which were theoretically going to work together, but we could not really tell, since they were set aside at distinct antique shops and furniture stores,” Wade says.

The stepbrothers maintained all the furniture pieces neutral, so when they’d finally all sit under precisely the same roof, they’d be cohesive and work nicely with the existing tan walls. “Each element would appear in spurts. We got the dining room set up, then the couch showed up, and each of the pieces came together real quick,” he says.

Wade remembers the very first day alone at the home: “After the hustle of moving in and getting things sorted in their proper place, I spent a Saturday night unwinding from this process with a few beers, and it sunk in that this was my property.”

Lucy Call

A sizable reclaimed wood table matches the dining room space, in which Wade, in white, and Kamp love dinner and coffee with friends (not shown). The table is from the early 1900s and was initially used at a farmhouse and then by a traveling salesman.

Dining set: Urban Vintage; pendant light: Elemente

Lucy Call

Wade enjoys pieces that achieve a lasting impact through thoughtful layout, such as this early-20th-century coffee table from Urban Vintage and midcentury green chair from Elemente. “My decorating style is one which adheres to usefulness,” he says. “I really don’t like clutter, and I don’t like things to be there without a real purpose.”

Couch: Lofgrens

Lucy Call

“I’d call my design a rustic fusion of midcentury and turn of the century,” says Kamp. This blend of styles is observed in his pairing a century-old coffee table which initially was an old hay bale cart using a midcentury-style tufted couch. The corner painting, by painter and friend Morgan Richard Murphy, is creatively hung with binder clips.

Lucy Call

Kamp and Wade decided to not hang drapes or blinds on any of those double-pane windows, therefore they’d have to rely on organic light than artificial.

Kamp wishes to finally replace the carpet with wood.

Lucy Call

The stepbrothers discovered this old ladder out an antiques store, and Kamp had the idea to use it as a shelf to balance out the low profile of another living room furnishings. They simply closed the ladder closed and leaned it against the walls, creating shelves on each rung for book display.

“Aesthetics are the largest driving factor in my life, from my home down to my smallest trinkets. I enjoy the world I build to represent me as honestly as possible,” Kamp says.

Lucy Call

Kamp and Wade maintained the kitchen easy, as it is a high-traffic region which will get dirty quickly. However, it soon became Wade’s preferred place. “We’ve got a record player and coffee there. Having the ability to put on an LP and also make good coffee are just two things which give me so much satisfaction,” he says.

Lucy Call

Kamp’s bedroom is full of items that reveal his personality and resourcefulness. The big typographical painting was awarded to him from the artist, Morgan Richard Murphy; it reminds Kamp of if he lived in Portland and went to school together with Murphy, when they were both start to develop their creative talents.

Lucy Call

Kamp cleverly repurposed an older photography enlarger for a shelf.

Lucy Call

Wade repurposed old crates as shelves in his bedroom, to exhibit some of his cherished things at a boutique-like way.

Lucy Call

Wade bought the crates via Craigslist from a set designer. He believes that a bedroom should be a place for sleeping and getting ready for the afternoon, so the shelves were designed with practicality in mind. The bottom shelf shows things that he generally puts in his pockets. The next one holds watches and similar products.

Lucy Call

The back add-on to the first home is where Wade and Kamp like to amuse with their residence pub. The windows look out to the yard, where both plan to put in a garden.

Lucy Call

One of Wade and Kamp’s first projects for their home was the bar, made from repurposed old crates and salvaged transport tractors. The crates function as shelves and are styled with mason jars and bottles.

Lucy Call

This Kamp takes a turn throwing darts at a board set up in the bar space. Both leaning scoreboards have been a DIY project made with scrap pieces of plywood and chalkboard spray paint.

Lucy Call

The stepbrothers found the home through a group of youthful Realtors and designers known as the City Home Collective. Both were attracted to the diverse and growing Sugarhouse neighborhood, filled with new eateries and a healthy mix of young professionals, first-time homeowners and small families. Kamp says, “I love the capacity of my town. It’s young and cheap, and is full of beautiful old buildings and houses waiting for the right owners.”

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It Takes a Village: Two Homes

By Extres
on Aug 27, 2019
in Coastal Style

While most people wish to construct a home that’s under a single roof, there are instances when building the home as a series of connected or freestanding pavilions is desired. Perhaps the home serves multiple generations or have to accommodate an ever-changing mixture of family members. Or maybe the home develops over time, to ensure a home expansion is a new pavilion instead of simply an addition.

Here are just two houses which were made to resemble small villages instead of being monolithic structures. While both have their roots set deeply in their various locales, coastal Maine and Piedmont, Virginia, equally take a decidedly modern approach to family living, with the best of both traditional and the modern, the individual and the family.