third story(ies)
Menu
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • HOUSE TOUR
    • PROJECT ADDITION / “PROJECT BACK POCKET”
  • LET’S EAT
  • (STORY)TIME
  • AROUND TOWN
  • MAKING
  • ADMIRING
    • blogs i love
Menu

project addition: week five

Posted on February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 by thirdstoryies

house tour

I’m coming to the realization that carving out the time to work on this project is more difficult than I anticipated. (Don’t laugh.) Still, slowly but surely, we’re making some progress. I’m still working on the site portion of the model, but I thought I’d post a quick axonometric of the existing house so you can get your bearings. I took the old models of various house parts, put them all together, removed all the color but left the details intact, and then added the missing parts. It bugs me a little (fine, a lot) that there are very detailed areas (like the living room), and really spare areas (like the third floor), but I’ve been telling myself over and over again that the third floor has very little to do with the new addition.

text

The form of our house is very simple – three squares in a row. Living / Dining / Kitchen. A portion of the back square is an outdoor space – porch on the first level and balcony on the second level. There used to be an exterior stair here when the house was a two-family house – we added the interior stair to convert the house to a single family home, but retained the outdoor porches. There is also a powder room carved out of the middle square.

text2

Same pattern on the second floor – three squares. Front is Master Bedroom (with only part of the wardrobes built in the model, I’m now noticing), middle square is the Stair Hall and Master Bath and Laundry, and the back square is the Den / Studio with adjacent Balcony.

text3

Only the front two squares extend to the third floor – there is a roof over the Den / Studio. The third floor is divided into three parts – a front Bedroom, a rear Bedroom, and a Stair Hall and Bathroom.

textroof

I love this top view of the house – it’s so tall and skinny, and it shows off my very favorite part of this place – the mansard roof with the dormer.

Street View

Here’s a quick look at the neighboring context – skinny lot, close neighbors!

Site

And the back view of the house – you can see the site plan underneath, which gives you an idea of the length of the property.

For the next post I’ll have more of the site model to show you, as well as the start of the physical model. And then it will be time to start modeling the addition!

Meeting adjourned.

6 thoughts on “project addition: week five”

  1. Becky says:
    February 17, 2015 at 8:55 am

    Love looking at this! I can think of “someone” who would have loved studying this

    Reply
  2. Sue J. says:
    February 17, 2015 at 9:24 am

    fascinating process! thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. Adah says:
    February 17, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    Yes, my first thought was skinny! Such a cool way to see your house, too.
    Adah recently posted…FebruaryMy Profile

    Reply
  4. Sara says:
    February 23, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    I love this! I’m going to miss my old house so much when we move so I’ll live vicariously through you and your beautiful home.

    Reply
    1. thirdstoryies says:
      February 23, 2015 at 3:27 pm

      Find some nice property in Austin and I’m more than happy to design a house for it. (With multiple site visits, naturally.)

      Reply
  5. Sara says:
    February 23, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    I may just take you up on that! We’ll be in a rental until the “right” property comes along. Perhaps the right property just means starting in STL!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

Welcome!

Welcome.

This is a blog about an old house with a new life (and all the lives within it). There are plenty of stories to tell.

Recent Comments

  • Kristin on project files: phase one renovation begins
  • AshleyM on project files: phase one renovation begins
  • Sue J. on slow spring
  • Cindy on gumball machine crafts (my rookie pinterest moment)
  • thirdstoryies on admiring: relax tabletop collection
  • Eileen Allison on gumball machine crafts (my rookie pinterest moment)
  • Marla on admiring: relax tabletop collection
  • Sue J. on for real, for real
  • Becky collins on noticing
  • Sue J. on noticing
February 2015
S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
« Jan   Mar »

Recent Posts

  • project files: waiting on people
  • project files: appliance decisions
  • project files: exterior demolition
  • project files: phase one renovation begins
  • august priorities

Archives

Categories

  • (story)time
  • admiring
  • general
  • holiday story(ies)
  • house tour
  • let's eat
  • letters to my loves
  • local haunts
  • making
  • party(ies)
  • project addition
  • renovation
  • Uncategorized
©2022 third story(ies) | Design by Superb