[caption id="attachment_774" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Kitchen family room addition interior view looking out to the 10th hole of Manor Country Club"][/caption][caption id="attachment_777" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Prime views of Manor Country Club Golf Course"][/caption]We’re almost complete with out addition and renovation of a 1920s log home. The home is located on the 10th hole of Manor Country Club in Rockville, Maryland. This Whole House Renovation project was very challenging from a design perspective as well as a construction perspective. I first met our future clients at an open house they attended at another award winning project of ours in Rockville. During our first conversation, the owners described how they had a very unique home. They told us that house was a log house originally built in the 1920s with additions added on over the years. And adding to the unique nature of the project, the home was located on the 10th hole of Manor Country Club in Rockville. They went on to tell us about there long journey to find an architect that was up to the challenge of creating a design that would blend with the existing 1920s log home architecture. And the risk was high since the project would be highly visibly to every one that played on the golf course. So their challenge was finding someone that could create a design that they’d be proud of and that so many others would see while they were playing the golf course. Not only were the owners a bit worn out trying to find an architect, but they also needed a builder capable of handling the engineering required to modify a log home with huge timber walls and roofs. Luckily, the project that they met me on was equally challenging, and they were impressed enough with our work that they retained us to help them solve their design and construction problem. So our primary design goal was to blend their new addition design into the existing architecture of the 1920s log house. And along the way, we wanted to create as many walls of glass to capture the breathtaking views of the “back nine” at Manor Country Club as we could. So we added a two story master suite and bedroom above as a wing on the left side of the house and a one story family room and kitchen addition on the rear. The master suite addition also had a new screen porch attached to it and the family room – kitchen addition had a new single car garage built underneath. We also designed a beautiful stone patio with a bar-b-que grill and a decorative water fountain outside of the family room – kitchen addition. To capture the absolutely phenomenal views of the golf course we had to create some new, larger openings in some existing log walls. We also designed a 20 foot tall bank of glass in the kitchen- family room addition to create dramatic views of the golf course. One of the challenges for us was finding a craftsmen that had experience patching log walls and filling the joints between each log so it looked perfect. Since we removed so many huge bearing interior log walls and inserted steel beams to hold up the structure, finding the right person was critical to making the job look great. Luckily, we didn’t have to search too far because the owners had been using an old craftsmen for years on their house. So he was happy to help us out and I think he enjoyed the challenge dealing with more than the maintenance work he had been doing in the past at the home. We many structural challenges working with the log home that we had to overcome. And the design we created creatively compliments the old style log house while bringing in a sense of modern architecture. See more project photos of this major home addition and renovation here Features: Traditional style architecture Carderock stone Woodmode cabinets 5 inch clear cherry wood floors custom stain color Custom architectural millwork Master suite on first floor Expansive 360-degree views Hardiplank vertical siding with battens Pella Windows