Tybee Cottages

my preliminary front elevation without shutters

This is the new Katrina Cottage just built on Tybee, fits in very nicely, (here's to good 'ole red white and blue) love the roof.

I have this really nice new commission. I'm calling them The Tybee Cottages. The project consists of two new single family houses and one new duplex. The duplex is made up of two of the single family houses connected by grade level storage rooms. The three lots will share a private driveway. The big idea for the design came from the Katrina Cottage, a small human scaled house that was born as an alternative to the FEMA trailers that the federal gov't. was sending to house people that lost their home when hurricane Katrina hit a few years ago. Architects and designers like Marianne Cusato (author of Get Your House Right, one of my latest favorite books) came up with good looking small houses with front porches, clapboard siding, good proportions, and even though they are small (300 SF to around 1800 SF) they look and feel like a proper house.

There is a Katrina Cottage on Tybee that was just finished last year. The plans and materials were purchased at Lowe's. My project began as a Lowe's Katrina (google Lowe's Katrina Cottage) Cottage, but the client's program required that the bedroom be bigger, and the bath be more luxurious, and added a deck off the bedroom with a two person hot tub, for those oooh la la Tybee beach getaways. So it is looking like a honeymoon cottage with a huge master bath, a murphy bed and a sleeper sofa in the greatroom with fireplace, and a cool kitchen with farm sink, dishwasher and an island on castors that can be moved out of the way. I can't show the 730 SF floor plan yet, but here is a preliminary front elevation.