2001 Remmies Award 1st place
Interior Remodel

Plath & Company modernized this English country-style cottage while carefully restoring all structures, surfaces and trims to reflect its past. The original architect was from England, and the house has a romantic feel that Plath has preserved while updating the kitchen and bathrooms. The home is a labor of love for the owner, who had looked at houses for ten years before settling on this comfortable, old-fashioned cottage.

Plath & Company's carpenter on the site has put a critical level of attention to recreating original moldings with new hand-built trims that match the timeless feel of the home.

Plath also transformed a small storage/office space under the house into a guest room in the fashion of a cabin of an old sailing vessel. The low ceilings and a structural post in the center of the room only added to the mystic of being in a cabin, as well as the extensive and beautifully crafted cabinetry and floors. This is another example of the homeowner and Plath & Company's lead carpenter working together harmoniously so that the end result is precisely what the owner had envisioned.

Plath & Company built a network of pathways on the steep hillside around the house and constructed support embankments, which were veneered in natural stone. Plath made a romantic “ruin” of gothic arches in the garden that looks like it was built centuries ago. To recreate the look of time-worn arches, Plath treated and distressed the sturdy new structures to look ancient. The landscape architect’s skillful plantings have overgrown the ruin and the pathways to enhance the romantic effect.