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"When Jay Nuhring re-thinks your rooms, it's not a do-over. He's not starting from scratch. He's looking at what you have, and finding a way to make it work better. He's putting your pieces together in a totally new way. A way that calms. Or invites. Or defines. Or surprises. After all, you have a story, and what you have in your home tells bits and pieces of that story. So let's put the story together in a way that reflects you best. What you're about. Where you've been. The things you love".

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Unexpected Asymmetry On A Symmetrical House

I drove past this house today - stopped three houses down and backed up.  What caught my attention was  the asymmetry on what appears to be a symmetrical facade.  The first floor window on the right appearing the same size as the window on the left - however at closer observation is indeed larger.  The small window on the second floor above the front door also appears to be centered - yet is slightly left of center.  And the front door - clearly left of center.  I love the intention of this architect/builder.  I suppose the decision to move the front door left of center may have come from the placement of the interior staircase leading to the second floor - a hall directly inside the front door leading to the back of the house - creating a straight path from front to back.  This would allow a load-bearing wall right of the front door, centered in the middle of the home.  At any rate, I find great pleasure and delight in the arrangement of the windows and front door.  All of these decisions being conscious, deliberate, intentional, and purposeful create just enough tension to make one look twice.   ReSee - it's inspiring.

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