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Winn Design + Build reimagines a 1930s Cape with enhanced functionality and Scandinavian flair

 

THEN
NOW

The 2,977-square-foot, one-and-a-half-story Cape Cod-style house was too small to accommodate the owners’ growing family.

The renovation expanded the home to 4,240 square feet; the second floor contains three bedrooms and there is a third-story home office above.


A shallow screened porch on the front greeted visitors. A one-story addition on the back was conceived in modern style and looked out of place.

Winn reconstructed the front porch to accommodate gatherings while a rear addition was built up to house a second-floor primary suite.   


The white siding and brick on the front façade looked dated and boring. Without rhyme or reason, the rear of the house was clad in beige stucco.

Dark-gray, vertical Hardie panels conjure a modern, Scandinavian feel, enhanced by knotty pine accents that add warmth and lighten the massing. The rear addition is clad in knotty pine with dark-gray accents that unify it with the rest of the home.


Renovation Architecture & Contracting: Michael Winn, Winn Design + Build, McLean, Virginia.

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