Joyelle West Photography
Cummings Architects
Exterior - pulugugovind
Exterior Home Lighting by NiteLites of Jacksonville
GHG Builders
Andersen 100 Series Windows
Andersen A-Series Doors
Featured in the July 2010 Issue of Architectural Digest. Photographer: Scott Frances, Architectural Digest. Shingle Style, with a touch of Colonial Revival symmetry and porch detailing. It is subtle yet majestic, with 11 foot high ceilings and deep wrap around porches. The porches are essential to the views, creating a transition point, and giving a human scale to the great outdoors. Large bay windows afford wide open views to all the Western River views, yet are classically detailed.
This imposing shore colonial in a private association has a wrap around porch and a wrap around second story balcony, plus a widow's walk. Soft outdoor lighting and a classic belgian block driveway with wrought iron gate lend a welcoming air to this grand home in Old Greenwich, CT. The interior was extensively renovated by Davenport Contracting, Inc.
Another view of the custom Patrician chimney shroud atop an outdoor fireplace.
The roof of this beautiful residence dances, jogging up and down, as the windows playfully follow creating a mystical, endearing courtyard.
The shape of the angled porch-roof, sets the tone for a truly modern entryway. This protective covering makes a dramatic statement, as it hovers over the front door. The blue-stone terrace conveys even more interest, as it gradually moves upward, morphing into steps, until it reaches the porch.
Porch Detail
The multicolored tan stone, used for the risers and retaining walls, is proportionally carried around the base of the house. Horizontal sustainable-fiber cement board replaces the original vertical wood siding, and widens the appearance of the facade. The color scheme — blue-grey siding, cherry-wood door and roof underside, and varied shades of tan and blue stone — is complimented by the crisp-contrasting black accents of the thin-round metal columns, railing, window sashes, and the roof fascia board and gutters.
This project is a stunning example of an exterior, that is both asymmetrical and symmetrical. Prior to the renovation, the house had a bland 1970s exterior. Now, it is interesting, unique, and inviting.
Photography Credit: Tom Holdsworth Photography
Contractor: Owings Brothers Contracting