Charles & Sarah’s Rowhouse
Eckington, Washington, DC
Conversion of a hundred-year-old brick rowhouse to an open-floorplan, modern home.
Loving a good challenge, as well as Charles’ famous home-brew IPA, we worked to develop a design that completely rethought the prototypical rowhouse layout of the original home - opening up the small, boxy interior and creating a new light-filled, connected space for their family … and a small nook for the craft brew operation.
Custom-crafted, wood detailing was used to clearly define the different spaces within the main level.
Responding to Charles and Sarah’s request for an open interior, but also not wanting to simply live in one big room, we created a horizontal wood-slat wall that delineated the entry foyer while also serving as the media wall for the living room. In the same vein, we extended the wood cabinetry, flanking the refrigerator, up and over the island counter establishing a clear border between the functional and social areas within the kitchen / dining space.
Custom-crafted, wood detailing was used to clearly define the different spaces within the main level.
Responding to Charles and Sarah’s request for an open interior, but also not wanting to simply live in one big room, we created a horizontal wood-slat wall that delineated the entry foyer while also serving as the media wall for the living room. In the same vein, we extended the wood cabinetry, flanking the refrigerator, up and over the island counter establishing a clear border between the functional and social areas within the kitchen / dining space.
Project Team
Design
Carib Daniel Martin A+D
Construction
Washington Landmark Construction
Engineering
Soil & Structure
Photography
Katherine Ma
The outside of the home was updated as well with the new, more modern styling.
The exterior was fully renovated and introduced modern detailing alongside the historic brickwork. The original brick rowhouse walls were retained, painted grey, and enhanced with black architectural accents and punctuated with a modern (red) entry door. The new modern facade was visually stitched together with the historic structure through the extension and overlap of the white stucco wall wrapping around from the rear of the house.
We love our home and cannot believe it is ours most days. It is beautiful, light-filled, and functional; meeting all of our needs and wants!
— Charles & Sarah