Do you have a dark area, cramped space, closed-off staircase or other design challenge you’re not sure how to address? You may choose to look to townhouses for your own solution.
The source of this phrase “townhouse” came from simply referring to somebody’s house in the city, as opposed to one’s other house in the country. Now’s definition incorporates row houses and terrace houses. And these homes share a minumum of one wall with another home (often two partitions), making big challenges as far as lighting is concerned. Frequently several stories high, staircases use up a lot of room in these houses. In general, these houses are normally narrow and deep, making unique design challenges.
Here is a roundup of this townhouses we have toured on Houzz. The owners and designers have found clever ways of meeting the unique challenges townhouses present. Perhaps you’ll find a window positioning notion, a way to trick the eye with a mirror, a bright paint colour or a space-saving alternative here you can apply to your personal home.
Brooklyn Limestone
It’s always fun to check in with Brooklyn blogger Mrs. Limestone. She had been one of the earliest bloggers we interviewed on Houzz. Her website documents the long and strenuous journey of a gut renovation.
Brooklyn Limestone
Mrs. Limestone utilized a large mirror to reflect light and enlarge the visual expanse of this room.
Neuhaus Design Architecture, P.C.
Another Brooklyn renovation, completed by architect Kimberly Neuhaus in cooperation with homeowner Jessica Warren, balances respect to your property’s history with contemporary life and higher design.
Large openings between rooms helps to split the light. Quite often, townhouses will utilize glass paned pocket doors to different rooms for just this reason.
Neuhaus Design Architecture, P.C.
Because townhouses are usually three stories or more, stairs are a huge area of the home. The home shown above utilized the stairs as an chance to make a unique design element.
CWB Architects
This row house in Brooklyn belonged to dear friends of this architect, Bruce Coburn, making the renovation even more special. Here, Coburn has taken full advantage of the stairs, lining them with bookshelves. This movement makes the narrow press room look wider.
CWB Architects
Coburn continued to make the most of the stairwell, adding portholes and a fun fort for the children tucked beneath the stairs.
Jarlath Mellett
Moving across the bridge, designer Jarlath Mellett utilized uniquely finished walls and sculptural furniture to up the posh element in this Manhattan stunner.
Jarlath Mellett
The home has plenty of kid-friendly spaces as well. A fun loft and custom background, as well as floor-to-ceiling glass make the most of those tight quarters.
Nic Darling
Now we will head over to the fifth borough, Philadelphia. The100K House demonstrates how one can make an eco-friendly home without blowing your budget. Nic Darling kept the labor and building prices capped at $100,000. Here the staircase plays with peek-a-boo with plywood, creating a unique accent wall.
Nic Darling
9’6″ ceiling heights in this home make everything feel much more spacious.
Now we will take a leap over to the Pacific coast. A bit of Brooklyn made it all of the way throughout the country in this San Francisco Designer Showhouse. An excellent and sculptural light fixture created by Lindsey Adelman adds a fantastic glow into the dining area.
In the showhouse, an extra tall upholstered headboard paired with vertical stripes emphasizes height and draws the eye upwards.
Chr DAUER Architects
A beautiful row house in the Mission District had been torn to bits through the years, destroying all the original information. Enter architect Christian Dauer, who stuffed it with mild and restored it to its former glory in a modern manner. White ceilings and walls keep this living room bright and light.
Chr DAUER Architects
Dauer utilized recessed lighting, tons of white paint, and a skylight to brighten the kitchen.
Amoroso Design
When designer Shelly Amoroso first came at this San Francisco row house, no one had pulled a building permit for it because the 1920s, and it had become quite a state of disrepair. She added mild as far as possible, including the bright white exterior trim, an uncommon choice in San Francisco.
Amoroso Design
In the bathrooms, Amoroso used transparent glass shower dividers to visually enlarge the space, and to start a view to magnificent tile accents that look like works of art.
Stern McCafferty
Until the 1980s, an individual could pick up a townhouse in Boston’s Historic South End for practically nothing (the trade-off was the high crime rate). The neighborhood is one of the very beautiful and desirable neighborhoods in the city, uplifting beautiful renovations similar to this one, made by the architecture firm Stern McCafferty.
Bright yellow walls are a great alternative to white for Growing up a room. As for this acrylic, they’re part of a method of cut-outs…
Stern McCafferty
. . .which let light flow from the ground over, creating a unique relation between the various levels.
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