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Old House Cay

Old House Cay

Old House Cay is a series of Private Islands that boast all the comforts of home, including a totally off-grid home, built in 2010. Accessible only by boat, it's a truly private and quintessential Lowcountry South Carolina property. Enjoy boating, fishing, kayaking, or lounging around with a book, a cocktail, or your friends.
Neutral Den With Two Sets of French Doors

Neutral Den With Two Sets of French Doors

Light was seriously lacking in the old house, so the architects added sets of French doors flanking the fireplace. Both sets of doors lead to the screened deck. Contrasts of light and dark, rough and smooth, define the space.
Back Porch With Dining Area

Back Porch With Dining Area

The Matsumotos wanted an outdoor dining area on a covered porch. The tin ceiling was made from the repurposed metal roof from the home's original structure. A hanging planter was fashioned from an old wooden box salvaged from inside the old house.
Modern Outdoor Poolhouse

Modern Outdoor Poolhouse

This client had purchased an old house and wanted to fully renovate the pool and make it a contemporary style. The classic and straight lines of the pool match the poolhouse. Van Kirk & Sons Pools and Spas won an Association of Pool & Spa Professionals International Award of Excellence for the project.
Vintage Lights Add Character to White Cottage Kitchen

Vintage Lights Add Character to White Cottage Kitchen

This newly-built beach house achieves old-house charm by swapping ubiquitous pendants over the peninsula for flush-mounted milk glass orbs, antique finds worth every penny. Over the dining table, a large lantern is a stylish focal point while a trio of salvaged copper marine lights, one above each window, illuminate the sink.
Modern Roof Deck Remodel

Modern Roof Deck Remodel

Because this home sits in a special zoning area, the designers could not increase the square footage of the existing house. To solve the problem, they built a separate structure and connected it to the old house with a structurally independent deck. Inside, the modern entryway encompasses several functions, with a built-in bench with storage and a built-in sleeping nook.
Dirt Road and Hedges

Dirt Road and Hedges

This California estate in Ojai includes a 100-year-old stone house surrounded by fields. There are fruit orchards, as well as vegetable and herb gardens.
A New Beginning

A New Beginning

A home is more than just a house; it holds our memories. So when North Carolina couple, TaLaya Brown and Kerrick Faulkner inherited the house that once belonged to Faulkner’s grandparents, it was a chance to draw from the past while looking ahead to the future. With rescue dog Honey in tow for good luck, the two set out to make a new home out of an old house.
Modern, Minimalist Living Space with Sleeping Nook

Modern, Minimalist Living Space with Sleeping Nook

This modern space serves multiple functions, with a seating area, sleeping nook and built-in bench with storage. Because the house sits in a special zoning area, the designers were unable to increase the square footage of the existing house, instead building a separate structure that connects to the old house by a deck. The home runs on solar power, recycles gray water and captures rain water in cisterns. All interior doors are built from recycled flooring.
Corner Cabinet Transformed Into Small Bar

Corner Cabinet Transformed Into Small Bar

If you really want a bar but don’t have space to spare, consider using existing architecture elements to corral your spirits and glassware. An example from designer Leanne Ford: “A lot of older houses have corner cabinets in the dining rooms,” she says. “If you have one, take advantage of it. This is a great place to stash your prettiest glassware and liquor bottles. Paint the cabinet high-gloss black to modernize the space and give it an extra shine.”
Modern House with Color-Blocked Exterior

Modern House with Color-Blocked Exterior

This dramatic hilltop home features a color-blocked exterior inspired by abstract art. Various shades of blue connect the house, sited on the ridge of a hill, to the the sky. Blue is also a reference to how the house “sails” along the top of the hill like a ship. Orange, as the complementary color, creates a dynamic contrast. Because the designers were unable to increase the square footage of the existing house, they built a separate structure and connected it to the old house by a deck.
Sustainable Home Features Multicolored Exterior

Sustainable Home Features Multicolored Exterior

This home's owners are obsessed with color and wanted bright color on every inch of the home's exterior. Various shades of blue connect the house, sited on the ridge of a hill, to the the sky that serve as its backdrop. The complementary orange creates a dynamic contrast. Because the house sits in a special zoning area, the design team could not increase the square footage of the existing house. Instead, they built a separate structure and connected it to the old house with a structurally independent deck.
Modern Farmhouse with Gray Shiplap Walls and Freestanding Tub

Modern Farmhouse with Gray Shiplap Walls and Freestanding Tub

Shiplap gives a fresh spin on a farmhouse-style bathroom, like this one by design firm Cloth & Kind. These walls use 1-by-8 primed spruce, but you can use almost any species, and the thinner the wood, the cheaper per board, says Tyler Davis, owner of Athens Building Co. To further trim costs, he suggests cutting thin ⅛-inch sheets of finished plywood into strips and hanging them on the wall. Although those transoms were added, he says you can purchase fixed sidelights or transoms from a builder surplus store, or better yet from an old house or charity thrift shop, and add hinges and a chain to make them operable.
Small Outdoor Patio With Living Wall

Small Outdoor Patio With Living Wall

This small urban landscape design for the entry of a 1920s hillside house incorporates an eclectic mix of plantings with contemporary hardscape design using bluestone and pebbles. A custom-designed interpretation of the old carriage house doors updated the look while respecting the integrity of the architecture. The space is completed by a fountain which provides a welcoming presence for people as well as hummingbirds.
Historic Row House With Eclectic Entryway

Historic Row House With Eclectic Entryway

When the owner of a run-down, century-old row house near D.C.'s Union Market asked Kerra Michele Huerta to help renovate their space, the designer leapt at the chance to get creative. After the construction crew dug out the basement to create a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment with a full kitchen for guests, Huerta stepped into the entryway and used remnants of unsalvageable pine floors to design a "welcome mat" inlay in the new foyer. The coat rack was repurposed too; though it seems right at home next to the bright red art, it's actually comprised of old pipes.
Backyard and Guest House

Backyard and Guest House

Grassy lawns surround the main house and the guest house, punctuated by beautiful old trees and woodsy paths.
Life's a Breeze (Way)

Life's a Breeze (Way)

An old English wattle fence gives an Old World country spin to this lovely Pinewood Forest Idea Home blending old and new. A breezeway connects the main house from the "tower" guest suite on the left.
Green Contemporary Living Room with Brick Fireplace

Green Contemporary Living Room with Brick Fireplace

The old faux fireplace was reworked with vintage brick used to build out an enclosure that now houses a functional wood-burning stove.

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Old House Cay

Neutral Den With Two Sets of French Doors

Back Porch With Dining Area

Modern Outdoor Poolhouse

Vintage Lights Add Character to White Cottage Kitchen

Modern Roof Deck Remodel

Dirt Road and Hedges

A New Beginning

Modern, Minimalist Living Space with Sleeping Nook

Corner Cabinet Transformed Into Small Bar

Modern House with Color-Blocked Exterior

Sustainable Home Features Multicolored Exterior

Modern Farmhouse with Gray Shiplap Walls and Freestanding Tub

Small Outdoor Patio With Living Wall

Historic Row House With Eclectic Entryway

Backyard and Guest House

Life's a Breeze (Way)

Green Contemporary Living Room with Brick Fireplace