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Paul Duchscherer

interior designer, historian, author

Segers Front

This 1915 Craftsman Style home was recently subject to a major remodel, which included a significant new addition towards the back. *The images that follow this are all from this project, into which the work of various Artistic License members was incorporated. In this view, only the original front portion of the home is visible. A key part of the project was a careful integration of the house to its generous site through related architectural elements expressive of the Craftsman style. Conceived in a more formal manner that was inspired by English Arts & Crafts precedent, the front garden area is comprised of a series of distinctly separate "outdoor rooms", each defined by strategically positioned low walls and posts of mixed masonry. These aligned spaces run parallel to the street (out of view at right), and extend to either side of the home's front facade. Enormous specimen trees terminate the views in either direction, and create strikingly tall focal points. As a welcoming gesture, a circular fountain was placed in line with the front entry gate (toward the right). Overlooked by the front porch, this fountain forms the centerpiece of a flower-filled "entry court" area, from which flagstone walks extend outward.