Shingle Beach Cottage
Renovation / Addition
Builder: Wood Frame Construction, Centerbrook CT
The owners of this house had used it for many years as a summer home, but with kids grown and grandchildren now entering the picture, they needed more room for the old beach house to serve as the family gathering place for a new generation. They loved the look of the old cottage, and were very concerned about maintaining the look and feel of a beach cottage. In the end, our addition became more like an extrusion of the old house, and from the road passerby would see very little change, other than the house seeming closer to the road than before. The addition increased the number of bedrooms upstairs and provided for a much enlarged kitchen and a private getaway room for the owners in the front of the house. The new kitchen is open to the living room and dining room and picks up shared water views. We also designed a new garage with a storage shed attached by a walk-through area, and with an outdoor shower under a pergola on the back. This structure provides privacy from the road and also creates a dramatic entry sequence for visitors.
Builder: Wood Frame Construction, Centerbrook CT
The owners of this house had used it for many years as a summer home, but with kids grown and grandchildren now entering the picture, they needed more room for the old beach house to serve as the family gathering place for a new generation. They loved the look of the old cottage, and were very concerned about maintaining the look and feel of a beach cottage. In the end, our addition became more like an extrusion of the old house, and from the road passerby would see very little change, other than the house seeming closer to the road than before. The addition increased the number of bedrooms upstairs and provided for a much enlarged kitchen and a private getaway room for the owners in the front of the house. The new kitchen is open to the living room and dining room and picks up shared water views. We also designed a new garage with a storage shed attached by a walk-through area, and with an outdoor shower under a pergola on the back. This structure provides privacy from the road and also creates a dramatic entry sequence for visitors.
Huestis Tucker Architects, LLC
15 Research Drive, Suite 5, Woodbridge CT 06525
Woodbridge: 203-248-1007 Greenwich: 203-698-1007
Email: office @ huestistucker.com