Completed 2012

The owner of the Crestmoore residence lived in a three story home designed by Fred Fisher. However, as she grew older, she found it harder to negotiate all of the sublevels and staircases throughout the house and she decided to re-build a second unit on the property. This was ideal since she still wished to use her existing ground floor studio. The addition would be a smaller home where she could comfortably live, entertain, and gracefully age.

The new home is a compact two bedroom, two bath with one bedroom being used as a library and a new garage space. Windows were placed higher up to provide wall space to display her art collection. Some great features of the home include a soaking tub with a dormer above, providing a nice tranquil place to relax and be rejuvenated. Also, the tiles on the floor of the bathroom are large stones, meant to massage the feet as one walks over them barefooted. Another feature is the custom kitchen that provides plenty of easily accessible storage for baking and other labor intensive cooking activities, making it easier to do so. Finally there were nooks recessed into the walls at the clients specified locations and sized so that she could best display smaller pieces. The client is an artist and connoisseur who loves the overall gallery of the newly remodeled space. She says the house is “elegant, calm, colorful, friendly, inviting, spacious, and convenient.”