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Chuck and Jan at a job site
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A Hunting Lodge
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Victory, New York
A large timbered central hall with a bedroom wing on each side. The hall contains all the amenities a person would want; refrigerator, pool table, large stone fireplace and big screen TV.
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Overlooking the Chesapeake Bay
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New Kent, Virginia
Elizabeth and Roger wanted a compact, environmentally friendly home on a river connected to the Bay. Crabs use the piles for the original plantation dock at the property shoreline. Use of recycled materials and traditional forms give the house a timeless style. It is very energy efficient and easy to cool as well as featuring a wrap around screen porch for plenty of ability to expand the living area to the outdoors.
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Finger Lakes Retreat
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Canandaigua, New York
Currently residing in the Virginia/Washington DC area, Gary and Diane often travel to Upstate New York to visit with family. The couple wanted a place to relax while away from the city and also have space for family and friends to come and stay. The home overlooks the lake and is complete with guest quarters in the walkout basement. This second home was designed with retirement in mind and will eventually become the couple's permanent residence.
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A Stone Guest House
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Garrison, New York
Our NYC clients have created a 3 bedroom pool & guest house in the Hudson Highlands. It will also act as the gate house to a future larger residence. The design story recalls the stone hunting lodges built in the early 1900's by New York City sportsmen.
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A Country Residence for a Growing Family
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East Aurora, New York
At the heart of this new home is a timber frame structure featuring walnut trees. The house is on a wooded, rolling lot in the hills above East Aurora, NY. The driveway crosses a stream. Our clients have created a retreat from the rigors of daily life.
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A New Village Home for Empty Nesters
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Penfield, New York
Our clients downsized into 1,400 square feet of first floor living within walking distance of the Four Corners of Penfield. The cape style home offers two future bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs and further expansion to a walk-out lower level.
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A Lakeside Home built for Entertaining
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Canandaigua Lake, New York
The symmetrical wings of this timbered home on Canandaigua Lake reach out to open views up and down the lake and form a sheltered lakeside outdoor living space.
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A Boat House Addition
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Story Coming Soon
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1920's Great Camp
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Canandaigua Lake, New York
The large cedar shingled home will be a family retreat for multiple generations of this Rochester family for many years to come. With a bedroom for the parents, a guest bedroom, a bedroom for each of five married children and girl and boy bunkrooms, the house can comfortably accommodate a crowd for the holidays. The house is designed with multiple porches that both expand the living area and moderate the scale of the building. Its design details are borrowed from camps built almost 100 years ago. However, its systems and conveniences are contemporary including a geo-thermal hvac system.
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The Keuka Lake Gazebo
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Keuka Lake - East Bluff, New York
The home is bracketed by two important rooms desired by our clients; a two story gazebo to the north and a music studio on the south. In the middle is the "bird room" featuring French doors to a balcony. The man of the house is a Grateful Dead fan and amateur musician and the woman of the house enjoys her song birds. They both will enjoy the view while eating a meal in their screened gazebo.
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The Book End Addition
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Seneca Lake, New York
To meet the needs of the client for a vacation and future retirement house, we matched the existing house with an addition of a similar size. Centered between the old and the new is a new vaulted street and lake entry. The existing wing will house the away spaces and kid's realm and the new wing contains the entertainment spaces, kitchen and parent's office and bedroom.
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Water on Three Sides
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Mantoloking, New Jersey
Our client, Don, couldn't pass up purchasing the building lot on a peninsula in the inter-coastal waterway. He envisioned sitting in a five sided timber great room at the point of the peninsula and watching the boats drive by. We helped Don attach a four bedroom home to his room and helped him meet the challenges of coastal building code requirements.
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A Rugged Ranch House
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Mendon, New York
After trying for many years to make a house in a suburban development feel like home, Barb and Charlie have purchased a park-like parcel of land with a pond with the intent of building a house that is comfortable, casual and different. The house will feature an open floor plan for good entertainment flow and lots of windows to view the property. Wood will be featured inside and out to give the house warmth and character.
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