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老宅该如何翻修

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When filmmaker and television director Adam Davidson renovated his house, he hired the same architect who renovated a house for his father, Gordon Davidson -- a Broadway director and winner of multiple Tony Awards. But the younger Davidson was careful to stress that his project should reflect his own vision.


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'With my dad, I was exposed to a world where creating could be a job. But we have differences. Just like a film set, a house has to help tell a story. I wanted to create something that evoked the feeling of what we wanted our home to be,' said Mr. Davidson, 48, who won an Oscar at age 25 for his short film 'The Lunch Date' and has since directed television shows like 'Big Love,' 'Lost' and 'Grey's Anatomy.'





The story told by the house that Mr. Davidson shares with his wife, Jessica, 35, is the transformation of a standard 1920s Craftsman into a modern, eclectic California beach cottage. Their vision was a bright, airy refuge to counteract the freneticism that comes from raising three daughters, all under the age of 3, in a busy, crowdedneighborhood that's still a little rough around the edges.





When they bought the 2,460-square foot, four-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom house in 2010 for $1.55 million, the couple thought they would only do a little work -- essential things like new gutters, drainage pipes and chimneys. They wanted to be done quickly, as they were living in a small apartment with only one closet on a block with drug dealers.





But as on a movie shoot, it soon became apparent the project was going to grow beyond its planned schedule and budget. Led by the project's architect, Lewin Wertheimer; designer, Sasha Emerson; landscape architect, Jay Griffith; and contractor, Gabriel Simon, the resulting project took eight months and included raising the ceiling in the master bedroom, overhauling the kitchen, living room and the bathrooms and a whole new outdoor plan.





The total cost came to nearly $300,000 -- more than four times what they'd first budgeted. A three-bedroom, 3,000-square foot house down the street is currently for sale for $1.8 million.





One step was to make the house more separate from the street, which, though quiet for their neighborhood, has several houses on small lots close to one another. To do this, the couple replaced an existing white picket fence with a wood plank wall overhung with trees and plantings.





In lieu of the lawn, they added a large wood deck with a metal fountain and a seating area with a long bench covered with colorful pillows. On the other end of the house, out back, they installed another deck, also surrounded by greenery and with a sitting area, cushioning the home between green spaces. These outdoor rooms helped open the house up more to the outside without taking down any walls or changing the layout.





Throughout the house, Ms. Emerson brought in brightly colored, interesting rugs, chandeliers and furniture, like a bookshelf with different colored framed boxes and a granny chair upholstered in fabric painted in a pop art style.





The kitchen originally had an island that was too tall and too many cabinets, both of which made the room feel smaller. The team made a new, smaller island out of wood salvaged from school desks, got rid of a number of cabinets and put in industrial-style metal shelving. They painted the remaining white cabinets a darker color, which also gave the illusion of more space.





To gain more space upstairs and make the height more proportional to the volume, they raised the ceiling from 8 feet to 10 feet and arched it to follow the roof gables. They quieted down the tiled fireplace by removing the tile and adding gray Venetian plaster. They also turned what had been used as an office into a master closet.





At first, Mr. Davidson didn't want to tackle the master bathroom, even though he hated its green tiles, the sinks shoved in one corner and the toiletstanding in the middle of the room. 'The tile particularly offended me, but I was going to draw the line,' he said.





But by that time, Ms. Davidson was pregnant with twins, and he decided that since the bathroom was going to bother him in the future, he might as well do the whole house at one time. The bathroom now has a sloped ceiling, added windows, a skylight, hand-cut sky-blue glass tiles in the shower, a big white tub and contemporary oak cabinets with Carrara marble tops.





The process was collaborative, but led by Mr. Davidson, who directed it much like he would one of his productions, sending detailed emails asking specific questions about the reasons behind decisions. If he didn't think it was the best approach, he'd tell the team to try again. 'It felt like he was wrangling the best out of his actors,' said Mr. Wertheimer.





Mr. Davidson said that as with his productions, the success of the renovation depended on the strength of the vision and the collaboration of all the players. 'Everyone brings something to the table. I pretty much assume everyone wants to do their best work. The most gratifying thing is when the result is better than what you could do on your own.'





Having a husband who directs all the major projects in a marriage might be stressful to some: Mr. Davidson planned the couple's entire 2006 wedding. But Ms. Davidson said she has learned to let her husband take control. 'It's what he does and what he's good at, and I have learned to trust him,' she said.





Nancy Keates


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