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How does one tear down the small white clapboard lakeside cottage
where you lived summer after summer, (around 25 in all), watching
your children grow? The house offered coziness while the family
played cards during rainy summer weekends. The bedrooms tucked in
the roof were a bit warm on hot summer evenings but offered views
to the lake through the branches of oak trees. It takes a strong
will to replace a house full of memories . A new house offers interesting
rooms and handsome woodworking to help promote new family memories.
Dr. and Mrs. Schrank had decided to build a full time residence
on their lakeside lot when they called on New Energy Works for design
help. The design strategy places three timber framed structures
across the lot to face the lake. A two story volume framed with
soaring curved timbers is flanked by two sixteen foot square hip
roofed pavilions. The central structure contains the living room,
dining and a study in a loft over the dining room. The hipped structures
contain the kitchen and master bedroom.
On the street side, a two and one half car garage is placed with
its back to the public access lane to give some privacy to the entry.
The entry door is protected and framed by a gabled timber porch.
From the street the house is one and one half stories and respectful
of the neighborhood. Lakeside, we took advantage of the slope and
tucked three bedrooms and a family room into a walkout lower level.
This level also features a tiled lake front entry for access to
lake equipment storage, towel storage and a bathroom big enough
to double as a changing area.
The house measures 1965 square feet of first floor living with a
270 square foot loft. The lower level adds another 1,300 square
feet of finished area.
Handsome woodworking is integrated into the design of the architecture
of the Schrank home. One of the strengths of New Energy Works is
the integration of architecture, interior design, reclaimed wood
sourcing, timber framing, construction and woodworking under one
roof. When the architect is sitting between the timber frame engineering
staff and the construction staff, the client benefits. Besides the
beautiful curves found in the timbers, the Doug Fir frame features
walnut pegs and splines. New Energy Works Woodworking took some
of the visual clues from the timber frame to design and install
built-ins, kitchen cabinetry, stairs and furniture that beautifully
integrate into the lakeside pavilion story.
As the Schrank family fill the pavilions with people and things;
cooking smells and conversation, the small white cottage remains
in their memory but new memories formed are warm and pleasing.
Welcome to another New Energy Works home. Winslow and Pam Schrank,
Ph:585-394-7446
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