A former garage transformed into a guest studio cottage, Chat-O Spapho retains vestiges of its former vehicular purpose. The cottage is approached via a gravel drive. An inset steel-clad Dutch door is centered in a weathered steel facade and opens to the main room. Much of the existing fieldstone structure was left intact, with the exception of the south wall, where a steel-framed window wall with large inset doors replaced the stone. The change brought light into the space and opened the cottage to views of the gardens and a stone patio. A new roof of rusted corrugated steel replaced deteriorated wood shake shingles.
Chat-O Spapho
Lopez Island, Washington
City House
Seattle, Washington
Jim Olson: Home Base
Seattle, Washington
Team
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Christopher Gerrick