Voir This Old House: Arlington Arts & Crafts House - Episode 16

The Arts and Crafts house in Arlington is at completion and the guys come to take a last look and celebrate with the homeowners. Kevin and Tommy arrive at the new entrance where the old Silver Maple tree and telephone pole once stood. Kevin tours the front yard with Roger and landscape architect Kim Turner. Kim points out the new plantings in the front yard and all the hardscape that Roger and his crew have worked hard to finish. Meanwhile Tommy goes around the back to meet Norm and look at the three-story exterior addition. They reflect on how the addition was designed and built to look like it was always there. Inside, Kevin looks at the refurbished front door with homeowner Emily. The foyer ceiling has been covered with an embossed paper made of linseed to give it a decorative feeling. Emily points out other updates and they check out a new stair runner being installed on the front stairs. In the dining room, paneling has been added to the walls and an Arts and Crafts style wallpaper is above it. But the biggest change are the beautiful new oak pantry cabinets that replace what was once the outdated galley kitchen. The cabinets have a pass-through that connects to the dining room so that glassware and dishes can be accessed from both sides. Richard heads upstairs to the second floor and meets homeowner Nick. With the new addition, the entrance to the master bedroom was changed to allow for a suite with two closets, the bedroom, and a spacious new bathroom. Richard looks at the new technology in the bathroom –the shower, bathtub, and toilet all have control panels for a variety of functions. Norm finds Emily putting the finishing touches in her daughter’s room. Not much was changed in there except for a special wall painting style similar to watercolors. They head up to the third floor and look at the new craft/play space that the addition allowed. Originally the idea was to move the third floor bathroom to the newly built space but once they saw how beautiful and open the space was, they decided to keep the bathroom in the same location and instead use the space for something fun. Shiplap paneling gives the entire floor an updated look. Outside Kevin and Tommy reflect on the changes made to the front porch. The curved framing of the porch rafters and base were fabricated offsite using CNC machines. Once onsite and installed, the framing was sheathed with bendable plywood. New brackets also cut from CNC machines add to the Arts and Crafts style of the house. Back inside, Kevin meets interior designer Jill Goldberg who had to go back and forth with her design options when the homeowners ultimately decided not to paint the original oak paneling. With the natural paneling, she chose a soft grass cloth wallpaper to go above it to mimic the kitchen design. In the new family room addition, they look at the cabinetry over the television, the shades for all of the windows, and the best use of furniture placement in the new space. With the family room, kitchen and living room all opened up to each other, there is a better flow and a lot of light. Emily is thrilled with her kitchen. She shows Kevin her choices for appliances. The rest of the crew enters and they talk about how the project went. Roger presents the homeowners with a wooden bowl turned from a burl on the old Silver Maple tree that had to be taken down at the beginning of the project.