SMITH-HUSEBY: ADDITION
(under $100,000)

In the 1950s the owners added a small one-story library at the southwest corner of the house, entered through the living room. It was not a successful addition.

Challenges

• The exterior finish of redwood siding and the 50-ish windows were architecturally inconsistent with the exterior of the house.
• A library door providing access to the outdoors firewood storage severely limited the useable shelf space and made the library a pass through.
• In an earlier remodel Alward converted an outside deck into a home office, used primarily by the husband. The wife also wanted an office on the bedroom floor.

Solutions

• We replaced the redwood siding and 50-ish windows with elements matching the original building.
• We removed the library's exterior door and provided easy access to firewood by constructing a metal lined wood box next to the fireplace with both interior and exterior locking doors.
• We constructed an office on top of the library entered from the master bedroom. The dormer treatment for the windows resulted in a good match with the existing second floor.

SMITH-HUSEBY PROJECT CREDITS

Photographs: Alan Geller
Design: Bennett Christopherson
Builders: Vince Boley and Neil Burmester of Alward Construction