New Stairway Designed for Heights Bungalow Remodel by V. Bridges Hoyt Design

Since the attic had been just an attic, there was no stairway in the house.  I designed a new custom stairway and provided plans and construction documents for the builder to use.  Below is an image of the new Craftsman style stairway leading from the first floor library/study into the now master bedroom suite  that replaced the former attic space.

Heights Bungalow House Remodel by V. Bridges Hoyt Design

The back dormer (right side) was added to expand floorspace and headroom in the attic of this Houston Heights Bungalow. Much attention was given to designing the roof pitches, eaves, windows and trim to relate to the existing house for a seamless integration between old and new.

Rotating a House 180 Degrees in Houston

Is Mary Ellen Carroll a genius, a shrewd artist, or just too overloaded with funds?  Click on her name for a link to the New York Times article about her plans to rotate a house 180 degrees in Houston's Sharpstown community.

Better still is the Houston Chronicle blog article which contains a video of Carroll talking about the planned project.

Read. Watch. Tell me what you think.

Home is a Nest

It is as fitting a thing for a man to build his own home as it is for a bird to build its own nest. 

--Henry David Thoreau