The Batson's are big fans of the Not So Big House book. They definitely come from the perspective that they'd rather make their not-so-big house be a dream to live in. They worked with architect Lawrence Reeves to come up with a design that - in their opinion - radically improved their home.

For the Batson's, we worked on about 1/3 the house:

We recently completed a bathroom remodel for Jim Baker and Parkee Jones of Newburyport, Massachusetts. The bathroom remodel is the first step of an extensive first-floor addition and kitchen/bathroom remodeling project. We completed the upstairs bath first, so we could concentrate our efforts and contain the mess to one floor at a time. We expanded and remodeled the upstairs bath to move the laundry room from the first to the second floor. The old bathroom was approximately 6' x 10' and the new bath is 12' x 10'.

In December of 1996, we began a project designed by Peter Sandorse of Phoenix Collaborative Architects for Tom & Amy Brady of Andover. The Bradys lived in a 26' x 32' bungalow with a hip roof and dormers front and back. The second floor had previously been remodeled to provide a small bath and master bedroom. The house was a bit cramped for a family of four with two huge Labrador Retrievers. To build the addition, we demolished the downstairs bathroom and connected the addition to the main house.