We were fortunate a few years ago to pick up a small cottage in Carmel. We realized in order to make this something that we could potentially retire to we would need to expand it a little and for that needed an architect or draftsman that could design something that was sympathetic to the existing structure, the cottage is pretty funky being built in the 30's and remodeled by no other than Hugh Comstock 10 years later so is bursting to charm and quirks.
It's funny how these things happen but the whole addition started with a comment from wifey saying 'if we retired here, where would I put my cookbooks' ?... So I designed this elaborate master bedroom with a breezeway from the main house in my head which had a library running down the inside and Windows on the opposite wall.
So fast forward, this is exactly what we did and now we had to design a bookcase that was in keeping with the existing house. We have a very quirky shelving unit in the dining nook and used that as inspirations so we're pretty belligerent to match its rustic style and have fixed shelves as to keep with the age and integrity of the house.
I even went as far as designing it including all the dimensions and out it out to bid. This firm were not the cheapest nor the most expensive but also seemed to have the right idea of what we were looking for in the finished product. When I saw it installed and painted, I could not be happier. Thank you so much for understanding and executing the brief and I hope others find you and enjoy the fruits as much as we doing invariably will. read more