![]() From, I bought a narrow bookshelf (shown in this picture) to house my printer and printing supplies plus another great shelving unit that I keep colorful bins in for storing items. ![]() I picked up lots of bins and boxes from Kmart, Ikea and Walmart for storage throughout the office. Organize Don't Agonize Headquarters - I had so much decorating my home office! After measuring each area and space planning, I set out to find everything I wanted to create a fun and functional office for my business! Playful patterns of enclosed storage with contrasting display boxes creates a cohesive millwork language throughout the home. Custom millwork provides ample storage for the young family. Within the open, ground floor plan, a change in elevation indicates the boundary between private and public space. A horizontal shift in the ground floor volume produces both a private courtyard away from the lively public spaces and exterior delineation between private vehicular access and public entry. The public program expands beyond the building enclosure to encompass the yard and living spaces. The second floor extends over the public entryway to create a covered procession with cascading steps into the southern yard that traverses the length of the living spaces. Shifted volumes delineate private space from the open public areas. The pool and outdoor kitchen sit at the center of the yard, forming an island that divides the open play from private vehicular access at the alley. Variable width fiber-cement siding clads the second floor as a nod to the neighborhood vernacular. The ground floor is clad in metal panel and a wood rainscreen that peels away from the structure to become both a fence and an entry threshold, blending the registration between the yard's privacy enclosure and the building skin. Justifying the building mass to the Northern half of the site reinforces the scale of the design to the surrounding buildings and creates a large southern yard dedicated to play and brisket (is a Texas house a house without a barbeque?). For this active family, yard activity and it’s visibility from within the home emerged as a priority for approaching the building’s relationship to the lot. The family’s desire for privacy resulted in a porch that rotates to internalize most of its function while still addressing the street. Located in the Houston Heights, the Waverly Residence is a modern home on an established street of two story homes boasting front porch typologies.
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