The Lake View House is a gut renovation of an Edwardian house. The house on Lake Waramaug CT was originally double the size and built as a hotel. After a fire, half of the building was demolished and turned into a private home. When our client purchased the property, it was in need of a complete renovation to optimize the space and maximize the views. We opened up the main floor to create one free-flowing space comprising: the kitchen, dining area, living area, and returned the enclosed porch to being an outdoor living space. The entire space has panoramic views of the lake. The three levels of the house are connected by a cedar-faced wall that forms a backdrop to a custom blackened steel and pine staircase.
The bedroom floor consists of a master and guest suite with bathrooms designed in a simple modern aesthetic, mixing tile and cedar wall and floor finishes to create a warm, clean, and contemporary design solution.  The whole design fuses the character of the existing traditional house form with the planning, spatial and aesthetic needs of the twenty-first century.