Blue Bonnet Boulevard

The owner became enchanted with this International Style house as he would pass it every day on his childhood paper route and purchased the home when it came on the market many years later. Although the home was severely neglected, the owner bought it and asked GSMA to restore the aesthetic that had garnered an honorable mention in the 1937 House Beautiful small house competition when it was originally designed by Wirtz & Calhoun in 1936. The renovation repaired the distinctive Stran-Steel framing system, restored the original millwork, and replaced the leaking aluminum windows with more sympathetic steel casements. A cantilevered extension and 12′ deep, 2-story addition makes the rear façade as dynamic as the original front, expands the house without modifying its street presence, and readies the house for the 21st century.