The owners of this house style house bought it in 2011 for its idyllic property in the heart of McLean. A decade later, however, it was time to update. The husband and the woman turned to Tracy
Schlegel and Kelcey Huff from Waterlily Interiors. The couple had worked with the couple over the years and trusted their vision.
“Our customer absolutely loved the place, but he wanted to update everything and expand the footprint of the house so that they meet the needs of their growing family,” says Schlegel.
Waterlily Interiors has entered Bowa, a design building that specializes in renovation work, to help you redesign. The idea was to create an addition on all three levels of the house, including the basement.
Mixed style and function
If they concerned the house with five bedrooms of 4,131 square feet up to 5,640 quadratfoot, the design team gave the opportunity to add a large kitchen and an adjacent mudroom and Butler's pantry on the main level as well as an enlarged primary suite on the upper floor.
“We wanted to create customer -specific functions that combine style and function. For example, the Mudroom offers tailor -made storage and holds the organized daily essentials,” says Josh Baker, project manager and co -founder at Bowa.
Other new rooms are a TV room/a library that was part of the second phase of the renovation. A written off veranda has been expanded and enclosed to create this special space.
“Almost every finish has been updated throughout the process,” says Huff. “We have also user -defined all built -in and fireplaces and carried out an extensive lighting plan.”
Let it give it light
Previously, the house was very dark, so the design team prioritized the lighting. This included the redesign of window and door layouts to improve the natural light flow in the house and add built-in lighting in the main rooms.
“We later presented important decorative chandeliers for drama and visual interest,” says Schlegel. This includes an airy bladder chandelier that gives the dining room lightness and brightness. A Sunburst mirror further increases the light quality.
Throughout the house, the wide European white oak floors replaced the original 3-inch orange brown oak boards in a blonde finish. Used designs were designed in different rooms to meet the specific needs of the homeowners, including a wall with open bookshelves for the exhibition in the television room/library, closed warehouse cabinet in the mutroom as well as the feeding and cleaning stations in the dog in the kitchen and the garage. (In the dogs, niche also houses a central telephone station for the family.)
An increased design
“We also wanted to include increased surfaces,” says Huff. “This includes the tray ceiling and the custom -made marble fireplace in the family room, which contains bookshelves for symmetry on both sides.”
The designers used wallpapers for an additional detailed layer. They installed a blanket of the texture in the family room and a cream-gray Japanese magnolia wallpaper that wrapped the dining room. In contrast, the adjacent Butler-Speisecamme has a geometric mosaic backplash with a stable brass details and structured cupboards in shaking style with lucite pulling. The design coordinates with a similar range in the dining room.
“Our updated pallet colors in soft neutral colors should create a bright, crisp, clean look with texture and movement,” says Schlegel.
The new kitchen has white cupboards in the Shaker style on the periphery and a contrasting blue on the island base. Metals were mixed here to create a relaxed modern farmhouse aesthetics. Worktops are white quartz with a structured handmade tile back splash.
Another detail of the kitchen that hears the mudroom cabinets is the use of cute for the fridge/freezer and the shelves in the farmhouse style above the sink. “The Open Concept Kitchen offers a spacious room for family dishes and effortless entertainment, while the extended living area improves the river and creates an inviting backdrop for meetings,” adds Baker.
“We worked with our customers to select comfortable, easy -to -do, everyday facilities throughout the house,” says Huff. From the navy leather desk switch in the kitchen to the plush sofas in the living rooms, furniture lines are clean and contemporary. A variety of blue is woven quietly into the decor to throw pillows, lamp bases and other accents in order to give the rooms interest and color.
“We were thrilled to create a refreshing functional home that improves our customers' lives and once turns a dark and dated house into a relaxing sanctuary,” says Schlegel.
Feature image of Robert Radifera for stylish productions
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