If you are interested in the renovation process of this home, check out the pdf photojournal. A virtual tour of the finished product is below.

When we began this restoration, the front porch was screened, many of the floor boards rotted, there was an eyesore brick fence in the yard, and the original Craftsman door was long gone. Stout Craftsman handrails were custom built and topped with a protective copper cap. We installed custom Loewen historic windows where the old ones were smoke & ashes and invested many labor hours in repairing the salvageable ones. The front bedroom windows were missing altogether and the living room windows were in horrible disrepair from the heat-all of the glass was broken. We installed a vintage Craftsman front door & the stained glass Phoenix was custom designed to relay the resurrection of this wounded home. Amazing at night, the front gable phoenix glass glows with the movement of bird wings and fiery color when illuminated at night.

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The front door opens into a warm engaging house where wood is king. Nearly every stick of millwork in this house is antique heart pine or antique oak. The window & door millwork, picture molding, crown molding, and six panel doors are all salvaged heart of pine from other old houses. The original floors, scorched by fire, have been patched with antique oak. The masonry fireplace was stripped of its paint layers and the over-mantel was restored and enhanced using layers of vintage moldings. The crowning glory of the bungalow is the one-of-a-kind heavy, custom ceiling millwork designed for drama and uniqueness. Huge cotton mill beams were cut, planed, and sculpted by our talented craftsman to enhance the Craftsman motif and inject a hint of California's Greene Brothers into Kirkwood architecture.

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Taking a page from designers a century ago, we crafted the dining room into a rich, sparkling space where elegance, architectural interest, rustic arts & crafts, and stunning millwork mingle. To welcome light, we installed curvaceous leaded & beveled windows-some of the best we've owned--flanking the original six over one double hung windows. The brick chimney was exposed for texture and color and we added a rare and unclassifiable oak colonnade from Ohio with flush inset leaded glass doors. As icing on the cake, the magical sculptural heart-pine woodwork was milled and adorns the crown of the walls. The client found a wonderful built-in china cabinet that we stripped, repaired, and inset beside the masonry flu using antique wood moldings; the result is a piece that looks like it was installed originally in 1925.

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Flowing effortlessly from the extraordinary dining room, this equally captivating cherry wood kitchen has it all. This kitchen features light green walls, gorgeous burnished cherry cabinetry with heavy crown, under counter lighting, stainless steel appliances, a wine chiller, a huge separate storage pantry, dark granite counters, and a mobile island. A restored heart pine French door baths the room in light and leads to the deck's catwalk and the large backyard.

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This large bright front bedroom boasts "new" antique oak floors, salvaged from homes in Buckhead marked for demolition. Much of the structural components, including the wall framing and ceiling joists needed replaced in this room as this was the origin of the fire. The woodwork in this room was burned beyond hope and was replaced with antique millwork salvaged from other demolished homes. All of the 18 six panel doors in this home were brought in from other homes-the same is true of polished antique hardware. The light fixture is one of a trio of matching antique fixtures in the home.

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The corridor of The Phoenix House is a room in its own right. It is the defining space separating the public chambers from the private. Ideal for displaying art on the restored picture molding, this space provides insulation from the public room noise and great flow from room to room. Three stunning brass sconces all exhibit century-old cut crystal globes that match.

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With such a spacious house, we were able to take one unusually elongated bathroom and carve out a separate "public" half bath, accessible to guests via the public rooms. This sumptuous bath showcases a custom designed white Carrera marble sink suspended by black cast iron Victorian brackets. This style of sink is a hallmark of LSR bathrooms and was designed by us to mimic vintage marble sinks.

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Both of the central bedrooms face the South East and are bathed with light through their large wood windows. The oak floors are perfectly restored and the rooms share a full bathroom. The client desired all natural heart pine woodwork and we gathered together enough salvaged trim to use throughout the home. No small feat, this required finding and stripping enough base cap, door casing, plinth blocks, window casing, crown molding, picture molding, door stop, window stop, door jambs, headers, baby crown, and lintels.

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This master suite was added to the home to provide an extravagant private bedroom complete with huge walk-in closet and sumptuous bathroom. To make this addition look original, we salvaged antique oak for the floors, heart pine millwork, antique six panel doors, antique hardware, antique French doors, and used historic fir reproduction windows.

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A totally customized luxurious space, the master bathroom exhibits a custom LSR designed medicine cabinet crafted from cotton mill beams. Probably one of the most beautiful cabinets we've designed, this enormous built-in was inset into the walls and fitted with beveled matching mirrors and antique style clasps. The floor is a rich grey-coral marble, warmed by radiant heat flooring. The shower is our signature LSR double shower heads, frameless shower door, marble stretching to these high ceilings and a stunning geometric stained glass window that perfectly pulls out the color of the marble. The matching pedestal sinks are lovely arts & crafts reproductions.

There is a separate toilet room, accessed via an old 6-panel door and features another geometric beveled glass window, matching marble, beaded board and chair-rail, and plenty of room for cabinets or shelving.

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This wide, wrap around deck was designed to provide back yard access from both the kitchen and the master suite. French doors were installed to add light architectural interest from the house, yard, and deck. The large backyard backs up to the forested Pullman Yard and has many old trees and a wonderful old brick bar-b-que.

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