I am excited to take you on a tour of the remodel I designed for the Professional Builders Group that was recently featured in the Salt Lake Parade of Homes.

The restoration of this home exemplifies what I believe life and design are all about. Life is about history and we are all a product of history. I feel that each generation can and should improve upon itself. Think about the purpose of creating the constitution – to provide a better world for future generations.
The Brinton-Dahl house, originally built around the 1890’s, was built with good basic design. Our builder Gordon Wood of the Professional Building Group also loved history and was invested in “historically saving” the house. We took several measures to preserve as much of the original structure and its Queen Anne style as possible. To improve upon the home for this and future generations I reinforced structures, converted attic space into living space, and modernized the interiors and additions.

The back porch, now the boot room, needed to be completely rebuilt. I modernized it spatially to allow for a mechanical room as well as more storage and a ½ bath.

The home originally had an open deck at the rear. I wanted to find a way to marry the old with the new. Adding the pergola was my historical nod to a roof top garden atop an old building on Exchange Place where high society would socialize. It was also a way to draw the eye up from the addition to the beautiful columns.

The carriage house was placed in such a way to reference the original carriage house (now converted into another home). The original entrance remains from the east swinging around to the west- another throw back to the original design.

As the home was originally a farm house I thought it would be fun to add chicken coops! Talented Joe Lookingland has created a modern interpretation of the chicken coop.

If you didn’t get a chance to see the house in the Parade you are invited to our Open House Saturday August 25th from 5-8pm. The furnishing will be for sale. The home is located at 1501 East Spring Lane, Holladay, UT 84117.