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INTRODUCTION
SHORTCOMINGS &
CORRECTIONS
THE CHANGES
DESIGNER &
CONTRACTOR
FINALLY...
FLOORPLANS
SOURCES
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| The breakfast room and kitchen work
areas were rotated five degrees off axis to capture the best water view. |
The changes to the building's shell
are deceptively simple: a second-story master suite addition, a 1½-story gabled breakfast room, and a carport
enclosed to create a garage. Projecting outward and upward from the existing structure, these elements put a striking
neo-Craftsman face on the house. The less assertive shapes of the original structure recede into the background,
becoming the connective tissue that ties these stronger forms together.
Functional changes inside the house began with a
shuffling of existing spaces. Enclosing a covered patio created room for the new kitchen. The existing kitchen
became a formal dining room; the laundry room and bath near the entry, an office for Gene. A large family room
yielded space for a tightly organized utility area and a small library with a gas fireplace.
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| The Craftsman-style makeover of Jayne
and Gene Michaelson's 1960 ranch house is remarkably faithful to architect Bret Drager's early concept sketch. |
For access to the new master suite – bedroom, bath,
and Jayne's office/exercise room – Drager penned a graceful stair that incorporates the living room entertainment
center. Replacing the living room hearth with a double patio door brought in another big wedge of the priceless
water view.
The main wing's timber frame roof structure left
Drager free to chip away at the separation between rooms. Some partitions are capped at door-head height. Those
that rise to the roof beams are detailed with a "water table" trim band and pierced with glass block
windows that give discrete rooms a glimpse of light from adjacent spaces. 
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