A CRAFTSMAN imagined

Better lines, better proportions, better trim—and an Arts & Crafts house rises in the neighborhood. The architect–homeowner explains design considerations for seamless makeovers.

Problem: nor do you want You to can’t build find on undeveloped the right old land. house Opportunity: in the right neighborhood, Thousands of undistinguished 20th-century houses await upgrades. Increasingly, bland houses “with good bones”—and located in established neighborhoods—are being redesigned. Because the makeover shown on thinking these pages about was a redesign. done by an architect for his own family, it offers lessons to others who are +