Expansive Black Veranda Ideas and Designs
Colonial Homecrafters, Ltd.
Loggia with outdoor dining area and grill center. Oak Beams and tongue and groove ceiling with bluestone patio.
Winner of Best of Houzz 2015 Richmond Metro for Porch
Georgia Front Porch
A grand traditional, southern front porch with lattice trim. Designed and built by Georgia Front Porch.
BlueStone Construction, LLC
The major objective of this home was to craft something entirely unique; based on our client’s international travels, and tailored to their ideal lifestyle. Every detail, selection and method was individual to this project. The design included personal touches like a dog shower for their Great Dane, a bar downstairs to entertain, and a TV tucked away in the den instead of on display in the living room.
Great design doesn’t just happen. It’s a product of work, thought and exploration. For our clients, they looked to hotels they love in New York and Croatia, Danish design, and buildings that are architecturally artistic and ideal for displaying art. Our part was to take these ideas and actually build them. Every door knob, hinge, material, color, etc. was meticulously researched and crafted. Most of the selections are custom built either by us, or by hired craftsman.
Shuler Architecture
Sited on a sloping and densely wooded lot along the Potomac River in the Falcon Ridge neighborhood where exceptional architecture on large, verdant lots is the norm, the owners of this new home required a plan flexible enough to accommodate a growing family, a variety of in-home entertainment options, and recreational pursuits for children and their friends. Stylistically, our clients desired an historic aesthetic reminiscent of an English baronial manor that projects the traditional values and culture of Virginia and Washington D.C. In short, this is a trophy home meant to convey power, status and wealth. Due to site constraints, house size, and a basement sport court, we employed a straightforward structural scheme overlaid with a highly detailed exterior and interior envelope.
Featuring six fireplaces, coffered ceilings, a two-story entry foyer complete with a custom entry door, our solution employs a series of formally organized principal rooms overlooking private terraces and a large tract of pre-civil war Black Walnut trees. The large formal living area, dubbed the Hunt Room, is the home’s show piece space and is finished with cherry wainscoting, a Rumford fireplace, media center, full wet bar, antique-glass cabinetry and two sets of French doors leading to an outdoor dining terrace. The Kitchen features floor-to-ceiling cabinetry, top of the line appliances, walk-in pantry and a family-dining area. The sunken family room boasts custom built-ins, expansive picture windows, wood-burning fireplace and access to the conservatory which warehouses a grand piano in a radiused window bay overlooking the side yard.
Noble Johnson Architects
Architecture: Noble Johnson Architects
Interior Design: Rachel Hughes - Ye Peddler
Photography: Studiobuell | Garett Buell
| SPIRAL ARCHITECTS |
The rear loggia looking towards bar and outdoor kitchen; prominently displayed are the aged wood beams, columns, and roof decking, integral color three-coat plaster wall finish, chicago common brick hardscape, and McDowell Mountain stone walls. The bar window is a single 12 foot wide by 5 foot high steel sash unit, which pivots up and out of the way, driven by a hand-turned reduction drive system. The generously scaled space has been designed with extra depth to allow large soft seating groups, to accommodate the owners penchant for entertaining family and friends.
Design Principal: Gene Kniaz, Spiral Architects; General Contractor: Eric Linthicum, Linthicum Custom Builders
Andrew A. Willett, Architect, PA
We just used simple old light bulbs to achieve the look for this indirect lighting. Not everything has to be the most expensive flavor of the day. The Ipe decking however made up for any cost savings...looks great though. Note the chevron layout.
Photos by Jay Weiland
Hill House Interiors
As large as they are lavish, the gardens incorporate lush lawns, paved patio areas for al fresco dining and entertaining and a magnificent infinity pool.
Hill House Interiors
As large as they are lavish, the gardens incorporate lush lawns, paved patio areas for al fresco dining and entertaining and a magnificent infinity pool.
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