Bouldin Cottage
Resourceful solutions for a growing family with a limited budget
A quaint 1940’s post war cottage was expanded from 980 to 2000 square feet; adding a living room, master bedroom and bath, laundry room, and expanding the existing kitchen. To maintain as much of the original home as possible, our approach was to add a two-story pavilion at the rear of the house tucked in among the existing trees.
Resourceful design solutions made the most of valuable materials for a growing family with a limited budget. The concrete slab of the new addition became the finish floor, and the second floor’s pine framing was exposed to obtain a wood ceiling in the new living room below. In lieu of expensive cabinetry, framing and drywall were manipulated to create ledges and niches allowing simple spaces to expand and contract, as well as bleed from one to another.
- Location
- South Austin, Texas
- Team
- Patrick Ousey AIA, Pam Chandler AIA
- Contractor
- Charles Murdock / Larry Anderson Construction
- Interiors
- FAB Architecture
- Landscape
- FAB Architecture
- Structural
- Structures Engineering
- Photography
- Andrea Calo
