Your plan looks so much better. I like it - I think it works. It's really working with the house, drawing on precedent and complementing what's already there. It looks like it belongs with the house and has grown out of it rather than being something alien that's just been thoughtlessly slapped on (an issue that plagues so many modern extensions and additions, and a personal pet hate of mine!).
Yup, at least 4 historic houses in my neighborhood have been ruined by similarly thoughtless & clueless "renovations". Even throwing out priceless honduran mahogany trim 🙄
Bravo! You made it look and feel congruent with the rest of the house. Downsizing the windows and masterfully introducing moldings were the right things to do. The plumbers and electricians will thank you thousands of times, and the homeowner will come to appreciate the wall real estate where a picture can be hung.
So much fun to watch the master at work taking an awful architect design and fixing it with historical elements, proportion and scale. Love all that you did. Such a tough one to fix.
Excellent work, beautiful and well thought out. I'm an interior designer and it's always a pleasure to work with people who recognize all the aspects that influence design decisions. Lazy architects (like the one who delivered that atrocious first image) are the bane of my existence! (I might show this video to my students! :) )
Such a wonderful solution for the back porch and yes, separate front and back porch looks better visually. It would be great to come back to some of these projects once they're fully realized and show us what changed from your concepts to what the client ended up accepting, etc.
Very good tips on Intercolumniation and unifying the room with the crown and chair rail. Also, great detail with the engaged pilasters and beams across the ceiling, that makes good sense visually and structurally. Another great vid!
Your design looks a LOT better and makes it look appropriate for the historic age of the house. Again, you have 'exposed' what many of us have experienced with architects... they have the diplomas and licenses... but they are missing the biggest part of what we want and hire them for... the proper scale, design and conveyance of character. And most, in my opinion, have little (if any) real concept of flow and usable layout for homes.
It's true! I teach at an interior design school in NY and we have so many architects who enter our programs (either for a masters or as a secondary degree) knowing *nothing* about proper scale, character, flow, or actual human usage. It's astonishingly bad.
I'm very glad someone is teaching architect some scae, character, flow and more. I found years ago that I would layout a building, whether an older structure we were converting to urban lofts or a new large house from scratch, just to insure the flow, design, scale, etc. was proper and I would also select certain specialists and bring them in BEFORE I gave the instructions to the architect to insure it all came together properly... and this also reduced change orders to almost nothing. @dennisdean3925
Brent, Totally agree with your changes to harmonize the new with the old elements. Having said that, I suspect you've got your clients' and architect's heads spinning.
You're a true artist Brent! It's funny I thought the same thing of splitting the porch into two, a long barrel of a porch without purpose is just space for space's sake.
Beautiful design revisions inside and out. Hopefully they go in that direction instead of just a general modernization. Great to see that people in NYC are using your services.
Nailed it at the end of the video: “ok guys, that one was hard…” Tough for sure. A lot of thought and experience to try to bring this thing together, I don’t envy you! Good job. A lot of great thoughts and ideas. A master at work. I’m not a fan of 4’ wide double doors because each door is only 2 feet wide and functionally it always feels very tight to walk in and out of. Just a personal preference with no relationship to historical precedent. I hope it goes well for them trying to get this thing put together for the city (or whatever jurisdiction it’s under)
That client definitely picked the right person when they called you. Hopefully you are the person that is going to sell the plant to the Landmark Board.
Hi Brent, great video - and one with a floor plan! The whole interior of this kitchen space reminds me of an English conservatory and since there are no other openings on the house that have arched tops I would eliminate those and do double doors the same width and height as the ones you planned for the side porch. However, since the two current arched doorways open out onto a narrow porch that just leads down to the driveway I would not include a transom over them. I also think you should continue the small ceiling beams on the other side of the new center beam in the room - you might also suggest getting rid of those impossible to reach upper wall cabinets and run the crown molding all the way around the room. The last thing I’d suggest is to change out those spindly shelf supports at the end of the island for something more robust and traditional to make the island look more like furniture.
Great ideas. The interior plan looks fantastic. Get rid of those arch doors though. They do nothing to contribute. I like the walk around porch staying put, if there was a way to have the columns repositioned to coincide with the windows. Great new look. Can't wait to see the finished product.
As always, really nice corrections, and well explained. It's always so shocking to me that architects continue to design additions or renovations without respect to the original design. It's clearly a philosophical problem for them because there's no way to aesthetically justify it. And this is a really mixed-up project. Lots of little and big issues. This is the kind of thing that really sucks up your time and thinking. Wow. I've real admiration for you!
NIce work! Looks beautiful! I think the extensive porch is not useful. In narrower portions all you can do is put some chairs, maybe a small table. If not a hotel, you only need so much of that--Just the front wraparound historical look works here. One outdoor dining place needs more depth. I would keep the lesser pilaster at the corner. It will be stronger because it will be a 3/4 pilaster. Then put the full height enclosing pilasters where you come to the solid wall each end--because you have that one window around the corner, the big column may not seem right at the corner. I'd go for the orangery look. The back doors might work like the others with a transom. I only wonder about the view out those doors--clients might like being able to see more of the rear view, even lower down through the railing. The solid panels at the bottom of the doors add a lot of interest--especially today when so few doors are done that way.
Brent love your ideas for the project, I hate when people make additions to a house & they don’t flow w/existing. If they want a modern loft go buy a modern loft not historic home. Cheers Kirk
You are making it look so elegant. Thumb's up!
9:05 Perfection! IMO 💯
Thank you!!!
Your plan looks so much better. I like it - I think it works.
It's really working with the house, drawing on precedent and complementing what's already there. It looks like it belongs with the house and has grown out of it rather than being something alien that's just been thoughtlessly slapped on (an issue that plagues so many modern extensions and additions, and a personal pet hate of mine!).
Yup, at least 4 historic houses in my neighborhood have been ruined by similarly thoughtless & clueless "renovations". Even throwing out priceless honduran mahogany trim 🙄
@@ckm-mkc😢
Agreed. Thanks!!
Bravo! You made it look and feel congruent with the rest of the house. Downsizing the windows and masterfully introducing moldings were the right things to do. The plumbers and electricians will thank you thousands of times, and the homeowner will come to appreciate the wall real estate where a picture can be hung.
Yes! Thank you!
So much fun to watch the master at work taking an awful architect design and fixing it with historical elements, proportion and scale. Love all that you did. Such a tough one to fix.
Agreed. Thanks for watching.
Lovely redesign. The back room feels more unified and welcoming.
Thanks for the feedback.
I could watch these videos all day!
Nice. Thanks.
I’m starting to think that I could never buy a historic home unless I ran it by Brent first! Great job!
Haha. THx.
Excellent work, beautiful and well thought out. I'm an interior designer and it's always a pleasure to work with people who recognize all the aspects that influence design decisions. Lazy architects (like the one who delivered that atrocious first image) are the bane of my existence! (I might show this video to my students! :) )
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Such a wonderful solution for the back porch and yes, separate front and back porch looks better visually. It would be great to come back to some of these projects once they're fully realized and show us what changed from your concepts to what the client ended up accepting, etc.
I agree. We'll see.
Very good tips on Intercolumniation and unifying the room with the crown and chair rail. Also, great detail with the engaged pilasters and beams across the ceiling, that makes good sense visually and structurally. Another great vid!
Glad it was helpful! Thx.
Your design looks a LOT better and makes it look appropriate for the historic age of the house. Again, you have 'exposed' what many of us have experienced with architects... they have the diplomas and licenses... but they are missing the biggest part of what we want and hire them for... the proper scale, design and conveyance of character. And most, in my opinion, have little (if any) real concept of flow and usable layout for homes.
It's true! I teach at an interior design school in NY and we have so many architects who enter our programs (either for a masters or as a secondary degree) knowing *nothing* about proper scale, character, flow, or actual human usage. It's astonishingly bad.
I'm very glad someone is teaching architect some scae, character, flow and more. I found years ago that I would layout a building, whether an older structure we were converting to urban lofts or a new large house from scratch, just to insure the flow, design, scale, etc. was proper and I would also select certain specialists and bring them in BEFORE I gave the instructions to the architect to insure it all came together properly... and this also reduced change orders to almost nothing. @dennisdean3925
Thanks!!
Brent,
Totally agree with your changes to harmonize the new with the old elements.
Having said that, I suspect you've got your clients' and architect's heads spinning.
Good point. the designer is on board at least.
You're a true artist Brent! It's funny I thought the same thing of splitting the porch into two, a long barrel of a porch without purpose is just space for space's sake.
Nice. good to hear.
Beautiful design revisions inside and out. Hopefully they go in that direction instead of just a general modernization. Great to see that people in NYC are using your services.
Thanks for watching.
Nailed it at the end of the video: “ok guys, that one was hard…”
Tough for sure. A lot of thought and experience to try to bring this thing together, I don’t envy you! Good job. A lot of great thoughts and ideas. A master at work.
I’m not a fan of 4’ wide double doors because each door is only 2 feet wide and functionally it always feels very tight to walk in and out of. Just a personal preference with no relationship to historical precedent.
I hope it goes well for them trying to get this thing put together for the city (or whatever jurisdiction it’s under)
Me too. Thanks for your comments.
I literally gasped when you pulled out the redesign for the windows. I learn so much from your videos and use it at work everyday!
So glad to hear it. Thx.
Nice. Thanks!
That client definitely picked the right person when they called you. Hopefully you are the person that is going to sell the plant to the Landmark Board.
Not me. We'll see what they say. Thx.
Have you been following the Lynnewood Hall restoration? Seems like incredible classical details. They just highlighted the Corinthian columns today
No, but I'll check it out. Thanks.
Genius! Love your redesign!
Thanks for watching.
Never disappoints.👍🌴🇨🇦
Thanks!
Hi Brent, great video - and one with a floor plan! The whole interior of this kitchen space reminds me of an English conservatory and since there are no other openings on the house that have arched tops I would eliminate those and do double doors the same width and height as the ones you planned for the side porch. However, since the two current arched doorways open out onto a narrow porch that just leads down to the driveway I would not include a transom over them.
I also think you should continue the small ceiling beams on the other side of the new center beam in the room - you might also suggest getting rid of those impossible to reach upper wall cabinets and run the crown molding all the way around the room.
The last thing I’d suggest is to change out those spindly shelf supports at the end of the island for something more robust and traditional to make the island look more like furniture.
Thanks so much.
very nicely done, I love seeing the motivations behind your design choices.
Thanks for watching.
Great ideas. The interior plan looks fantastic.
Get rid of those arch doors though. They do nothing to contribute.
I like the walk around porch staying put, if there was a way to have the columns repositioned to coincide with the windows.
Great new look.
Can't wait to see the finished product.
Thanks so much.
LOVE your suggestions. Landmarks should nix the “modernization” of the exterior.
THanks!!
As always, really nice corrections, and well explained.
It's always so shocking to me that architects continue to design additions or renovations without respect to the original design. It's clearly a philosophical problem for them because there's no way to aesthetically justify it.
And this is a really mixed-up project. Lots of little and big issues. This is the kind of thing that really sucks up your time and thinking. Wow. I've real admiration for you!
Thanks, yes, i agree.
Man I love this channel!!
Thanks so much.
Another good one, Brent !!!!
Thanks!!
NIce work! Looks beautiful! I think the extensive porch is not useful. In narrower portions all you can do is put some chairs, maybe a small table. If not a hotel, you only need so much of that--Just the front wraparound historical look works here. One outdoor dining place needs more depth. I would keep the lesser pilaster at the corner. It will be stronger because it will be a 3/4 pilaster. Then put the full height enclosing pilasters where you come to the solid wall each end--because you have that one window around the corner, the big column may not seem right at the corner. I'd go for the orangery look. The back doors might work like the others with a transom. I only wonder about the view out those doors--clients might like being able to see more of the rear view, even lower down through the railing. The solid panels at the bottom of the doors add a lot of interest--especially today when so few doors are done that way.
Thanks for the feedback.
That is an amazing help!
Thanks for watching.
Brilliant, another Hull win. Looks like Ditmas Park?
Thanks!
Much improved, however I personally don’t need the front doors to be bigger than the back
Agreed. Thx.
Brent love your ideas for the project, I hate when people make additions to a house & they don’t flow w/existing. If they want a modern loft go buy a modern loft not historic home. Cheers Kirk
Agreed. Thx.
Do you consider if the porch and window are facing west/east/north/south? In Sweden everyone wants a porch facing west so you can enjoy the sunset.
In Texas we shield against the western sun, especially in the summer. This one is in NY. It also didn't have a porch historically...
Hull's Historical Building College Motto: 'Hierarchy, Hierarchy, Hierarchy'
Haha, i think...
There’s no way Landmark commission would approve that modern design against THAT home…
We'll see. Thx for watching.
Brent , This house needs someone who understands classicism , your design is far superior to the original !
Thank you!