This Fayetteville homeowner opted to layer browns in his guest bedroom, using toile fabric in the bedding, furnishings and draperies, and then matching it with a custom wall color. Photographed by Rett Peek and featured in our Color Issue, the room exudes the same understated elegance as this look from Carolina Herrera’s Resort 2010 Collection.
Add comment February 11th, 2010
Despite the economic downturn, we still hear about innovative businesses netting good results. Here’s one from the Renovation front: A Fayetteville re-developer, Mark Zweig (just so happens he’s a lauded business consultant and professor as well), has been buying small, historic homes, giving them neighborhood-friendly updates and selling them for a profit. Here’s one example:
From Uninhabitable Wreck to Jewel of a Home!
This once well-crafted 1930’s, 1,300 square foot bungalow had fallen into great disrepair and languished on the market for more than four years. The exterior had suffered a fair amount of damage from being more than half-covered with ivy (the ivy literally penetrated the house and was growing into the kitchen!), the yard was completely overgrown, the kitchen cabinets were caving in on each other and most of the appliances were broken, and the kitchen lights were strobing on and off quickly in a way that would have been sure to give any visitor to the house a seizure of some sort. I even literally fell through the floor while trying to investigate one of the side bedrooms the first time I looked at it.
What the house did have was a great location, less than one block from Fayetteville’s famed Dickson Street, and a wonderful three-bedroom, two-bath split floor plan. A lot of work and a little more than $75,000 later, a house that was once dark and uninviting, both inside and out, is now a bright, clean and comfortable home for a young professional couple who relocated here from New Jersey.
Beginning with the main focal point of the house, the front steps, we systematically replaced or rebuilt all the original details. Restoring the front steps, rail system, door and porch; building a new dry-stacked stone retaining wall, removing the large amount of tree and vegetation overgrowth, putting in fresh sod and landscaping, repairing all the cracked stucco and implementing a totally new paint scheme, and reclaiming an enclosed sleeping porch with screens in place of bad plate glass windows gave the front of the house a completely different feel. Detailing was added to the front door, all broken window panes replaced and windows made operable, muntins were added to the windows that didn’t have them, new basement windows built, new beam extensions made to replace rotting ones on the gables, french doors installed in place of bad sliding doors and other broken doors, and new carriage doors built to replace the missing garage door. After rebuilding the front porch with new joists and floor, adding a new roof, new gas fireplace, replacing all interior ceilings, going through countless gallons of paint, re-tiling the bath floors and tub walls, refinishing all hard wood floors, and updating the appliances, electrical, lighting, and HVAC, the house sold immediately–and it took only 59 days from start to finish, including the entire renovation and sale process! With an initial price of $118,500, the house sold for $238,500.
After a complete interior and exterior quality renovation, this downtown bungalow is now a landmark that everyone talks about in downtown Fayetteville. And to think that the people we bought it from were surprised we didn’t tear it down!
Mark Zweig
Principal Owner and Designer
Mark Zweig, Inc.
To see an additional Mark Zweig renovation, click here:
http://www.athomearkansas.com/At-Home-Arkansas/November-2008/Diamond-in-the-Rough/
Add comment October 14th, 2009
Looks to be a rainy day all over the state. Great time to lounge in this library, browse some books and watch the rain fall and the creek rise. It’s in the Fayetteville house architects Marlon and Ati Blackwell’s designed for their family, and rainy days are a particular favorite for the Blackwell’s since they built the house over a dry creekbed, which the rain changes into a raging stream for awhile.
Their innovative design made this house a national award winner–you can read all the details in the October issue or online: http://www.athomearkansas.com/At-Home-Arkansas/October-2009/Cross-Creek/ Enjoy, and the let the rain fall where it may…
Add comment October 6th, 2009
Stop by the I.O. Metro store in Fayetteville on Thursday for a chance to meet some talented local artists. The store is featuring their work and highlighting some of the latest trends for showcasing art in your own home.
It’s this Thursday, July 16th, from 6 -9 p.m., at 108 E. Joyce Blvd. in Fayetteville.
Check out some of the stunning pottery from ceramic artist Winston Taylor.
Add comment July 14th, 2009
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