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Renovation transforms Lake of the Woods getaway home. Date published: 7/29/2011
BY RICHARD AMRHINE At first, it was a getaway home It had the necessities: a bulkheaded waterfront with a small dock, a wooded lot and a modest two-story house with a combination deck and screened porch overlooking the water. But as owners Charley Kimmett and Jennifer Grishkin and their family began to outgrow the place, they decided that it had potential for expansion. So today, thanks to a collaborative effort involving Bill Tucker of William B. Tucker Architects, Andrea Hickman of A. Hickman Design and Dave Karfgin of DesignCraft Homes, it is a very special home away from home in a classic Craftsman design. Kimmett said the couple saw the looming project as "intimidating," but ended up thrilled with the results. In an email, Kimmett credited "Bill's perfectly crafted plans," "Andrea's help on every aspect of the interior [making] the finished product even better than we had hoped for," and "Dave's superb and efficient work--the project was completed in just six months." THE ARCHITECTURE Tucker, who is based in Fredericksburg, started the ball rolling about a year ago, providing drawings that showed how the original house could be expanded into a more efficient and family-friendly structure. It would involve a three-story addition that would extend and reorient the house. Living space would be increased by about 50 percent, from 2,600 square feet to nearly 4,000, and the main entry moved from the side to the end facing Happy Creek Road. To free the main living area of a load-bearing post right in the middle, steel plates were sistered to one of the existing exposed beams in the main living area. The exposed beams were a feature of the original design, and were retained for their rustic look. "It was important to open up the space and make better use of light," said Tucker, adding that he thought the structure was a "kit house" dating to the early 1970s. "There were only small windows facing the water, and you really couldn't appreciate where you were." Now a wide bank of windows fills the wall that overlooks the water.
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