photos from our modern home in Dallas

My wife and I are building a new modern home in Dallas and thought I would share some photos. We just finished sheetrock (fortuntely the best smooth wall job I have ever seen) and interior doors and trim are being installed. Should be moved in this spring! I will post more photos and the interior is finished.

 

Here are some photos so far - still work in progress.

 

 

 

Front Entry with glass garage doors.

 

 

 

Looking into the living room from the kitchen. That is a lighting cove in the living room ceiling.

 

 

Backyard with pool.

 

 

Upstairs catwalk connecting the main house with the bedrooms over the garage.

 

 

Looks great, can't wait to see it when it is complete and furnished. Where in dallas is it located?

Yeah, where in Dallas? My sister lives in Dallas and I couldn't convince her to buy a plot of land to build her modern abode. She kept complaining that none of the 'subs' would allow the style. DUH!!!! I told her she had to find a plot, which generally affords you more privacy and... trees, which is virtually impossible in the McMansion tracks all around Dallas.

 

That's a purdy place you have there. Quite $$ I'm sure. Why didn't you go with clear heart on the siding? I love it when wood, steel, stone, and glass combine. The colors and contrast are awsome... unlike the all white 'modern' that so many equate to modern.

Who did the design work if you don't mind me asking, or did you design it yourself? Someone local? It seems rather large, how many sqft in total? Sorry for all the questions but when something unique actually occurs in your home town you have to check it out.

The house is 4,500 square feet - orginally 3,200 square feet.

Previously Jason wrote:

This is located in the Kessler Park area of Dallas. The house is 4,500 square feet - orginally 3,200 square feet. The land is 1.15 acres and only 5 minutes from downtown so given the higher price of land in Dallas, we had to add "dumb" space on to get the numbers to work. Dumb space being two extra bedrooms and a playroom/game room that is realtively inexpensive to finish out. Our intentions were to build this out later when we have kids, but being the mortgage business is miopic and looks at everything by price per square foot, it makes it difficult at time to do a high quality home when you are being comped against older homes or spec homes which costs half as much to build. So adding additional square footage in bedrooms is the way to get there. This is totally counter intuitive to our approach on building, but that just goes to show you of how screwed up the mortgage/appraisal busines is. It is like saying a Range Rover is only worth as much as a Ford Explorer because at the end of the day, they still only are cars.

Anyway, things are going well and we are about 60 days from move in. I will post more pictures as progress goes.

looks incredible !! beautiful layout. I am new to the forum but have been dreaming of building for the last year or so. looking at prefab systems as i need to really make it affordable appreciate any info you could offer i am in NJ.

Adam,

Thanks for the comments. I have look into prefab before and love the concept and the direction of the industry. However, in Texas it doesn't make sense because building costs are relatively cheap here compared to the Pacific Northwest where a lot of the prefab building has been successful. We can build very high end homes for $180 to $250 per square foot here. The prefabs I have seen are more and I don't think the finishes are as nice. Perhaps they will open a plant in Texas one day and it will in turn have the costs make more sense. I think it would work well as there is a LOT of support for modern housing in Dallas, Austin, Houston, etc.

I think the key to making it work is regional access. I know there is some pre-fab stuff in North Carolina but not sure of any in NJ - but then again, I haven't looked for it either.

Wow Jason, your work is gorgeous! Have you got more recent pics?

We are drawing up our mid-century modern look/hurricane proof house for a barrier island.

fuggy

Florida

 

Fuggy,

 

I always have the latest photos on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcminn/sets/72157600054458911/

Good luck with your new house!

Thanks!

Jason

Hi Jason,

I just joined the site today and agree that your place looks awesome!  We live in North Dallas and are preparing for some major remodel of our semi-modern home -- looking to take it to a truely modern level.  I'll tell you, finding creative help has been really a challenge.  As you know, Dallas is hardly a modern mecca -- and being close to Plano is really tough.  Are you working with folks you like and are willing to share?  I'd be forever indebted! 

Beth

 

There are plenty of us modern architects in the Dallas area, you just have to know where to look, wink wink.

Hi Jason, thanks for the link.

A lot of homes on your site have beautiful flat roofs. Are any of them reinforced concrete perchance? (we're gonna build hurricane proof).

 

 

Thanks

fuggy

Fuggy,

Our "flat roofs" typically have a 1:12 pitch on them that push water to the edge of the roof and then we use a scupper box to collect the water and push it tovertical drain pipes. We have a parapit wall to make the roof look flat from the side elevation, but it actually isn't flat.

Good luck!

Jason

The house looks great. I'll drive by and check it out.
The steel trellis at the entry(?) is impressive. I am
building mid-century modern homes in the Bluffview
area of Dallas. The home is in the paint stage presently
I will post photos soon. I also encountered the same
issue with the "dumb rooms" as you mentioned in your 
first post. If you have a chance check out the design at
my web site http://www.greicohomes.com

New photos. 99% complete - just working on a few punch list items which is why there is blue tape in some of the shots! .

 

Side elevation

Front elevation


Kitchen with Viking and Miele appliances


Living room


Looking towards backyard


Upstairs landing


Master bedroom


Master bathroom with Kohler DTV shower system and Sok overflowing tub


Master bathroom sinks


Master closet

New photos posted above!

Wow, that looks incredible. The exterior is nice but the interior is where it is at. I especially dig the stone above the bathroom sinks. Looks great. You never said who did the design, was it of your own hand or a local Architect? What is the hole in the bathroom mirror for? Would you ever consider giving a tour of the home? Wish I made the kind of scratch it takes to do something like this. If you would get us a few "Magazine" type shots once you get all the furniture and other furnishings in the space.

Thanks Jonathan.

It has been a lot of work, but it is coming together. The design was put together by Blane Ladymon and myself. The hole in the master mirror is for a flat screen TV. The tile on the master bath vanity wall turned out really nice. It is from Walker Zanger.

I will be around the house this Saturday if you want to come by.

Jason

 

Previously Jonathan Oltmann wrote:

Wow, that looks incredible. The exterior is nice but the interior is where it is at. I especially dig the stone above the bathroom sinks. Looks great. You never said who did the design, was it of your own hand or a local Architect?

What is the hole in the bathroom mirror for?

Would you ever consider giving a tour of the home?

Wish I made the kind of scratch it takes to do something like this. If you would get us a few "Magazine" type shots once you get all the furniture and other furnishings in the space.

 

Thanks, I would love to come by but already have a full weekend (and my wife is on-call Saturday and I know she would like to see it as well. I will shoot you an email later and see if there is not another time in the future you would be availible.

Here are some more shots with furniture.

 

Front elevation

 

 

Front elevation

 

 

Master bedroom

 

 

Master bedroom

 

 

 Living room

 

 

Stairwell

 

 

The home looks terrific Jason! My partner and I live in Miami and just purchased three acres in Waynesville North Carolina. We will begin the process of building our own modern home in a few years. Yours is truly an inspiration! What is the flooring material in the stairwell area? Steve

Steve,

Thanks for your kind comments. The tile used in the entry is Walker Zanger Xilo (Brown) 24x24 porcelain. Don't get the black unless you are in a dark room without direct sun. The black tile turns and ugly blue when direct sun hits it. They have a number of inlays that work well too. You will see we used the 1x1 metal tile inlay as demonstrated in the catalog.

It is a unique tile that everyone that comes over always comments on.

http://www.walkerzanger.com/catalog/index.php

Go to page 250

Thanks Jason. Steve

Jason,

Your home is quite beautiful.  I live in Dallas and am trying to located 4" t&g cedar siding like yours.  Do you know what lumber yard it came from?

Brandon,

Try giving Hope Lumber in Dallas a call. (972) 926-1687

Ask for Craig Watson.

Jason

P.S. If you got a big budget - also try Ipe wood. It is beautiful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcminn/1953465781/

 

Truly beautiful. I'll try not to weep out of envy as I leave the office for my tiny Lake Highlands '56 contemporary tonight.

I came across an earlier post of yours regarding the custom doors you have made for the stock frames in your townhomes. I'm hoping to redo my kitchen soon and was hoping you might have a millworking source you'd recommend for smaller residential projects. And thanks for all of the helpful information you've posted here already.

jason - please repost those photos they are no longer available through flicker