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Tour of the Colonial Revival Home

We wind up at the 1930s Colonial Revival home of Tracy and Linda Gallagher, where we meet the architect and contractor they've enlisted to help them increase their living space while keeping to a strict and modest budget.
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Tour of the Colonial Revival Home

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" And -- have -- to do much -- to the house fortunately no we haven't done much of anything into the room a couple of years ago. That's pretty much the extent of the siding looks a little bit -- but what about -- backyard deck that is it's huge -- it was just completed the deck itself when we moved into the house should actually didn't even the rails that we added that finished -- What have enjoyed it ever since and you have a nice backyard how big is the lots about a quarter acre which particular producers' -- size one of primaries and with Bob. Nice backyard predicted for now tell me about plans for growth how do you plan to enlarge it. What we're gonna do basically come right off the back of the house between those two windows could be true stories relocating the deck. On the top floor we're gonna have a second full bath which we desperately -- fourth bedroom which would be a master bedroom underneath that they'll be a little family dining area the family room. Well I'd like to take a look inside. Melinda is waiting in century room Bob -- excuse us up this porn can go off to work and makes money in business hopper like a black OK populated Fairbanks but I. Pay Ryley looks like you're going to head to garden got. We're gonna react client and you can't miss it down in Miami you're allowed dollar concrete block. Through well I -- like things in them -- yeah yeah what's happening here -- bomblets that well general apparently they're I. Off so you guys are getting ready group. Remove the deck all together why we're gonna take us department three pieces here we're going to salvage and there's two pieces and they get a -- so you discard a third of it and that's cut it's only eight years old to be confused danger good."

" Linda what changes are going to take place down here they changes. What we're gonna do is remove this table. Because out here we're gonna have and eating here in the new addition in the new edition -- and that -- these huge doors and the sponsors a walk soda just be an open area away into the additional eyes and why do you want to get rid of the table surface well his rebate will probably end up putting up pantry here because we're really hurting for space and I'll show you exactly what I mean. We've got all of our foodstuffs. We ran into these tidal areas and that we really do need a lot more space a lot of the cabinets tea and a plate -- crackpot -- all the."

" Pantry space you have is that you can get a floor to ceiling unit here three feet wide. -- what about the Florida."

" The flooring is going to be ripped up and that it will end up being the exact sane and the eating area in which will be built after the Soviet Union material about that."

" What's through here."

" Our dining room. Hello in the dining room my love these windows -- great that the light and that means -- and when rental cottage that."

" Please read that there. And the color you chose for your dining rooms pretty."

" Exciting yet Kenneth certain threats. People had to use the gunman we really -- we use when we're ready and friends and pat -- to kids here yeah homework right -- of the nice -- Yeah. Treasures in there yet."

" But the real problem with the house -- downstairs its."

" The bedroom bathroom -- situation right absolutely waiting to see the bet. This is the best and that really the -- that class right here you can see every morning in Jackson aides and we come close the blood isn't very very smile looks like."

" The original 1935 tub and toilet and maybe someone added vanity hear the -- but mom and dad and two kids -- me go to school and the work that could be pretty account yeah."

" Level -- apron here. Well it you know it's not wallpaper up front line. Made this pattern -- Katie went flowers on the -- so this is actually campaign she just hated that thing kind of -- he certainly did it free lance now alumni and anyway and then. This is allison's bedrooms back here he's -- second sex for the younger daughter has the smaller -- right. -- comfort certain that works out. She's in here and what's going to happen is this is going to become the guest room Nelson we'll move right into -- And -- AEA being the oldest right rebel movement -- them are pretty good sized bedroom."

" At some nice large room. The three big windows yet so she's the winner so far nap she Cuba that humiliating night. OK well I think right now we should do is go downstairs and meet with mark Cameron architect who has already started working on plans and as a model to show us lead the way OK right."

" my car. Good. I'm glad you joined us -- I think the the whole process of designing an addition like this can be very exciting right and a -- month."

" It was really -- we went through a lot of meetings and decided about roofs and windows and mark would you agree yeah."

" Now were you get a wish list from the client right I mean they said we want. A family room -- the kitchen and we want them master bedrooms that are well that's called the program."

" Let's call the program we're looking things that the program has been determined what's there what -- concrete you can. After. Right. Well there's actually -- from from the well they really needed terms of the program -- needed at a very small modest house was built about sixty years ago. And they really needed to transfer in this when ninety's house from the standard Newton house -- It -- the master bedroom suite is lacked a lot of closet space and putting in the storage that's nice eat breakfast dormer little garrison over. What about the floor plan how did you come up with a floor plan well. We want to make sure that we can do this within budget didn't mixer thousand dollars. When. We did was we looked at the existing house look at the fact it again everything is built on either side. Any laws that office on this side and we have been the most regional principled positions right down the middle was centered in colonial fearless. Are there -- what we're doing a report from the front door. -- slightly. So they -- fit. Very neatly between -- when it was when was at all and -- dimension is just. Barely sixteen -- 156. And but you can really see here on the model if you look at the backside of the model there are the two windows. That are in place in the additional go in between. If you get the rest of the model and actress and model -- it's. There. -- it somewhere between those two windows and it centered on the house we put. And it. Let the context of this house whose slate. Garrison over in front with Putin back which repeats right here are there -- one. More. Like. Very commonly ones that pitch is 912 and -- and repeated that. Ocean going into to match the existing house. But how did you how did you get at the designed to that you don't just put a big rectangle on the back well we broke the program that episode component. On each floor realized we had to separate component from the lower floor. They really didn't have with the exception of the marked on here and -- fabric mr. -- was buried here at a family room. And then upstairs we have them. The master bedroom itself and the supporting ailments the bathroom closets."

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