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Notions: Crochet? Beads? Put them together. 6E Theater review: Comics ...... 10E Deep Dish offers Life Lessons...... 4E socially conscious, Scapes ...... 12E Television ...... 8E theatrically grip- Top Drawer ...... 2E ping ‘Exonerated.’ www.newsobserver.com/home Home&Garden PAGE 9E home of the month Marvelous October’s profile of a well-designed living space mums See more photos of this house and other Home of the Month entries online at www.newsobserver.com key word: architectural. Next month’s home: An Artist’s Palette hen it comes to chrysanthe- mums, there’s really very little Wnegative you can say. They are stunning showoffs, putting on perfor- mances with an amazing array of shapes, sizes and colors just when most other INSIDE from bungalow plants are playing out. There’s just no other What you should plant that says fall like know about transformations this beacon of beauty. growing mums. As greenhouse man- ៑ 4E There are few alterations to the ager of Fairview Gar- front of the house. New columns, a den Center in Raleigh, Carol Calloway is responsible for growing the nursery’s porch and a respect — 3,458 mums, which include 29 varieties. and almost mimic — the character of While she agrees that mums are mar- the original house and its neigh- velous, there are certain mums better borhood. You would never know that suited than others when it comes to mak- a modern addition in back takes a ing a particular statement. whole new direction. For the discriminating homeowner who think not just any mum will do, here are some mums that will ...

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This firecracker red daisy mum might as well be a red light with a yellow cen- ter. “It’s a little different, unique,” says Calloway. “It’s hard to get a red, red in a mum, most tend toward bronze.”

SPARK BRILLIANT COLOR ATLANTICO YELLOW

Plenty of mums can wear amber, but this one is pretty and shines like the sun.

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A late bloomer, this orange daisy mum has good keeping quality, which means it won’t fade like most oranges and reds. It also looks great at night, says Cal- The addition to the rear of the house puts a modern spin on wood-frame construction, while still ‘fitting’ very loway. the wings comfortably next to the older bungalow structure. New and old get along famously. The addition to the back of the house does not masquerade as a new house dressed in historic bungalow attire, but it complements the existing structure SHOCK & AWE while giving the homeowners an extraordinary kitchen and living space, and an airy master suite. The roof is called a ‘butterfly’ be- TEMPTRESS RED cause it resembles a pair of delicately raised wings perched atop the house. Its appearance is dramatic – and unexpected – in a neigh- borhood of many conventional roofs. While typical roofs shelter a house, the butterfly roof seems to hover above the walls. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JWEST PRODUCTIONS

Today’s Home of the Month is reviewed by architect David Hill. Home of the Month, a collaboration with N.C. State University’s College of Design, shows possibilities in constructing a space that’s well thought-out and built with the homeowners’ living patterns and preferences in mind. Each month, we’ll profile a new home selected from designs by area architects.

BY DAVID HILL about deference or difference? GUEST COLUMNIST the project It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, but Should the new harmonize the the unusual red variety has sort of grown omething miraculous with the old by replicating its on Calloway. ”It almost looks like Saran happened when Cannon style and detail? And, can con- bungalow Wrap — almost dull on one side and SArchitects took a gable trasting styles of new and old shiny on the other.” roof and turned it upside down provide evidence of the way addition on an addition to an old bun- lifestyles have changed? STAND OUT galow — it became a butterfly. Deference or difference? In architect CARPINO Sounds odd? this design, the correct answer Susan Cannon, Imagine a 1920s clapboard is both. The clever thing here Cannon Architects bungalow merging with a is that the addition hasn’t com- project location 21st-century modern addition pletely turned its back on the Raleigh with an inverted gable. Then character of the old house’s beds/baths imagine the two roof planes of Craftsman-style construction. the addition rising into the sky But, at the same time, it hasn’t 3-3„ baths — like the wings of a butterfly. tried to copy it either. completion | 2005 It is dramatic. It is graceful. The house, says Susan Can- square footage The approach is quite an un- non, “grows from something 2,428 downstairs, Look up along the side expected way to add onto an traditional to something un- 660 upstairs old house. Yet the renovation traditional.” new/old | of the house to see and addition of the Witman In its original life, the house cost Unavailable where the new polycarbonated roof For the daring, a mum in dark lavender Bungalow is all about defying was a collection of small dis- key design concepts — really more sensuous purple than the meets up with the older at the expectations. It prompts sev- tinct rooms. While keeping the Connection of old and delicate lavender. It too casts late-sea- far left. The slim, modern column mim- eral questions: Should an ad- new, inside and outside son blooms. ics the columns at the front of the house. dition to a historic structure be SEE BUTTERFLY, PAGE 3E views Weta Ray Clark

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The structure in most houses is hidden within the walls and One clear theme in the addition is the connection of exposed bones . Not so in the living room, here, and other portions of inside/outside indoor and outdoor spaces. The interior living room the Whitman house. The architects worked closely with structural engineer Richard Kaydos-Daniels opens up to a large, elevated wooden deck made of Ipe, a Brazilian hardwood, and the of Raleigh to create a delightful ceiling structure that is a major visual feature. The trusses are butterfly roof. The roof, says Cannon, ‘extends over the deck, increasing the scale of the meticulously crafted of Douglas fir wood beams with steel rods, cables and connectors. house while protecting this exterior living space.’

proach also answers the latter ques- Boldly, the design goes BUTTERFLY tions above: Should the new harmonize The kitchen separates the older, distinct the plan spaces — the living and dining rooms — CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1E with the old by replicating its style and The redesign is so bold and so out-of- detail? And can contrasting styles of the-ordinary that it is hard to find fault from the more open family room, master suite and back decks. front of the house much the same, Can- new and old provide evidence of the in it. If there was any criticism of the non Architects opened up the back of way lifestyles have changed? house, it is that in taking advantage of the house beginning at the family room Susan Cannon affirmatively answers every bit of space in the upstairs reno- SUNROOM vation of the old portion, the conse- to allow in light and allow open space with this redesign that gives way to a MASTER to flow into the dining room, kitchen transformation where the virtues of the quence is an upstairs bedroom that’s BATH MASTER and an airy master suite. old are heightened by the refreshing rather cramped with a low ceiling. BEDROOM BEDROOM The little house appears unaltered — presence of the new. Clearly, a house addition as daring as its general shape maintained — except The typical way to add on is to match this may not be for everyone, but it cer- LIVING for the demure addition of a new second- the old, using the same details and col- tainly captivated the new owners, Bill story dormer and a welcoming porch ors, to make the new part look as if it and Betty Witman, who recently bought FAMILY with a standing seam metal roof. These has been there for a long time. But here, the property. two features may go unnoticed from while the architects have used similar Betty Witman is pleased with the the street, for they are nothing out of the materials — cypress siding on the new spaces in the old and new portions of DINING ordinary in a quaint Five Points neigh- portion to match the cedar shake on the house. She says that she especially KITCHEN borhood with many other rocking chair the original house — they also have enjoys watching the “changing of the porches. But the clever, yet subtle, de- placed old and new next to each other. seasons” through the windows of the tailing of the alterations adds a modern (Craftsman detailing next to modern. new family room. touch that Cannon believes “echoes the The butterfly roof next to the original The house displays a series of trans- First floor proportion of traditional bungalow low roof. New, open spaces next to the formations as it moves from old to new. columns in an updated vocabulary.” older, distinct little rooms.) The virtues The bungalow’s cozy, introverted rooms of the two together — the sum of their give way to the lofty ceilings and ex- Straddling old and new parts — is better. pressive spaces of the addition. The for- The original 1920s Sears kit house mality of the old house relaxes in the Inside, the boundary between old and (yes, you could order one from the cat- new. Craftsman goes Modern. And BEDROOM new is artfully disguised as the histori- alog back then) could have easily met a become butterflies. cally defined entry hall and sitting room different fate: It could have been torn Transformation can be a beautiful in the front of the house gracefully flow down like so many other aging inside- thing. STUDY into the modern living spaces in back. the-Beltline homes. After all, the lot is The state-of-the-art kitchen straddles tight, and starting from scratch, in some David Hill is an architect with the border between old and addition, ways, would have been easier. Fortu- Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee defining the new heart of the home. nately, the Cannons and the home’s Architecture in Raleigh and adjunct The design clearly reflects today’s owner at the time of renovations ac- assistant professor of Architecture lifestyle, where people in different rooms cepted the challenge of the small lot and at N.C. State University in Raleigh. can interact with one another while car- the idiosyncrasies of the old bungalow. He can be reached at rying on different activities. The ap- [email protected]. Second floor

kitchen hub A stylish new kitchen, featuring cus- tom mahogany and glass cabinets, defines the center of the house while connecting old and new. The light- ing is subtle and the flat, low ceiling contrasts with the dramatic high ceilings of the family room beyond. A large corner window opens up views to the backyard and makes the galley-style kitchen seem much larger than it really is. architect’s aim The renovation and addition, Susan Cannon notes, ‘respects the scale and pattern of the neighborhood,’ unlike so many McMansions that replace inside-the-Beltline teardowns. panel comments “A playful yet respectful transforma- tion” that’s “daring” and “surprising.”

PROJECT CREDITS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: KAYDOS-DANIELS ENGINEERS, PLLC; COUNTERTOPS: FORMWORKS CONCRETE; MILLWORK AND CABINETRY: BO TAYLOR AND EVAN LIGHTNER PHOTOGRAPHER: JWEST PRODUCTIONS

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