Cabinetry from the existing bar was salvaged for re-use in a new location. The old bar room became the new home for the wine vault.
Cabinetry and relative accoutrement were salvaged from the existing bar for re-use at the bar’s new location. Besides using it as a normal wet bar, the family stores kids snacks and drinks for the daughter’s play dates. It’s a convenient location since the basement opens to the spacious rear yard where the children often play.
View from Family Room through Exercise Room Before Renovation - Before the renovation, walls and doors inhibited traffic flow through the basement. The awkwardly placed bathroom cut the basement in half. Removing the bathroom and knocking down walls opened up the space.
View from Bar Area to Library After Renovation - Without the bedroom and bathroom walls, themes rather than walls separate rooms. Uninhibited sunlight spilling in through the basement’s rear windows evenly illuminates the entire room.
Billiards Room After Renovation - The former living room provides an expansive new home for the family’s billiards table. The extra space allows players to walk around the table to find the perfect shot without worrying about jabbing opponents or team mates with the pool stick.
Library and Cigar Room - The cigar study and adjoining wine cellar find an intimate setting in the former billiards room. Glass front arched French doors keep smoke in and children out, while maintaining a visual connection to the rest of the lower level. Luxurious finishes and custom cabinetry exhibits the home owners preference for class and sophistication.
Entry to Wine Vault - Glass front arched French doors also appear at the entrance to the wine vault. Two courses of Owens/Corning cultured brick in antique red accent the arched opening.
Wine Vault After Renovation - The architect met the challenge of conjuring up the feeling of an old vintner’s cave in a fairly new home by covering the interior of the wine vault with caramel country ledgestone and brandywine dressed field stone. The barrel vaulted ceiling mimics that of a dug-out cave. Owens/Corning cultured brick lines the ceiling of the barrel vault, parallel with the curve.
Media Room Before - Although the relatively new home featured a media room, it consisted of nothing more than a designated room with wires dangling from the ceiling.
Media Room - An actual home theater system was installed and finished during the renovation process to create a fully functional state-of-the-art media room.
The second full bathroom was converted into a powder room with new fixtures and finishes.
Patterned tiles frame the vanity mirror and hold it in place.
