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Before The Brights loved their lot on Lookout Mountain, Georgia, but were unhappy with the hard sixties look of the ranch house that occupied it, and its lack of connection to the outside, especially on the bluff side where the view is spectacular.
After To give the house a softer, more natural feel, we replaced the existing brick veneer and siding with cedar shakes. To reconnect the front lawn with adjacent woods, and to allow the hill to continue down to the road, we removed half of the circular drive which had previously created isolated islands of green.
Using a palette of cedar and mountain stone, we transformed the entry experience into one filled with light, shadow, and greenery.
Local mountain flagstone replaced all the old brick paving, integrating the outdoor spaces more directly with the surrounding rock ledges of the bluff.
Before What was basically a sidewalk with grass was replaced.....
After with generous bluff side terraces, creating inviting places to sit and enjoy the view.
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We extended the house to the outside with trellises, a screened porch, and stone terraces.
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The stone paving wraps the pool,
and forms a base for the building, rising up in places as walls, a chimney and columns.
Before A covered patio off the dining room was replaced...
After with a screened porch with fireplace and skylight,
opening onto a trellised terrace.
Before What was a dark living room cut off from the outside,
After was expanded with direct access to the screened porch and bluff beyond. The porch now functions as an indoor/outdoor living space, extending the living/dining room out and opening it up spatially.
Before The Brights also wanted to build a stronger connection with the front yard of the house, and to erase the cantilever line of the projected upper floor, a signature of sixties ranch houses,
After so we projected out a generous window seat, a wide niche that catches the sun.
With a lowered ceiling and vine-covered trellis, it's an inviting to sit and enjoy the wooded western view.
Transforming the exterior spaces, materials, and boundaries of the house brought a new connection to, and appreciation of, this unique spot on the side of Lookout Mountain.
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