Rebuilt, Rethought, Brighter Than Before.

Rebuilding a house is one job. Rebuilding the sense of home is another. This project was both at once.

Jane & Dawn came to us online but said the meeting itself was what sold them — a personal connection and a sense they'd get our full and undivided attention. With the foundation, garage, and rear sunroom intact, we redrew the first floor: kitchen and living-room locations were swapped so the new kitchen looks out toward the pool, and an expanded front porch with stone-veneer backdrop and a porch swing was built.

Inside, an open-plan main floor anchors around a custom mantel and surround. A finished basement adds a media nook, hobby and computer room, powder room, and a full entertainment area for the family's teenage son. A built-in lift-top mudroom bench, a sliding barn door in the office, and a cantilevered second-floor bay over the porch round out the design.

The owners say the rebuilt home is more spacious, airier, and brighter than the original — friends and family can hardly believe it's the same house.