January 2008
by Laurie Elden
Retro-remodel
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DAY'S END: Retro-Remodel Retro-Remodel Laurie Elden Focus on good design and clever construction From a nondescript post-World War II home emerges a bungalow-style porch with strong ties to the early twentieth-century Craftsman era. Bricks salvaged from the original façade and then reassembled to clad the column bases lend the new front porch a lived-in look. The copper caps on the columns and posts were custom fabricated by Carroll M. Ficklin Roofing of Gaithersburg, Md. The siding and trim is FSC-certified eastern white cedar. Landis Construction of Washington, D.C., which designed and built the porch, used Lyptus for the decking. This
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