John Webb Construction & Design are a renowned Portland Design/Build Firm known for building and remodeling some of the most beautiful homes in the Pacific Northwest. The Fair Oaks Project is an extensive Full Home Remodel in Portland that includes several additions. Here John describes his plan to expand the garage for the homeowner’s lifestyle needs.

Expanding the Garage

So the previous owners and designers did a really nice job on the remodel that was done in probably 2000. They enhanced things pretty nicely. We are just taking it to the next step. I mean, the garage isn’t big enough – he’s got a boat that he takes out and drops in the river to go fishing. All the sporting goods get pulled in here, so basically we’ll have a place to park a care and store all the sporting goods for all the kids. And this is where they all enter the house anyways. So, they end up here and head on in.

Home Addition

The New Addition is coming out here – just to the left of the Bay Window. The Master Bedroom is upstairs and this is the old living room. So, this will come out 20 to 22 feet, and up, and it will tie into the house, like it was always here. So, there will be a porch underneath and a spiral staircase up to the Master Bedroom. At the bottom is going to be a new Gym with glass on two sides, and the top will be the new Master Bedroom. And, we’re going to take the existing Master Bedroom and make it a Walk-in Closet. So it will house a lot of clothes and a lot of stuff. And then we’re going to gut the whole Master Bathroom and Closet and redo it. Something a bit more timeless, not so traditional. It will still have the feel of it, it will look like it belongs here, but it’s not going to be so 50 year old looking traditional.

Play Structure Design

I’ve got to design a structure for that corner, for the kids. And he says he wants a rock climbing wall – 20 feet tall – and he doesn’t care about safety nets or anything. He says if they’re gonna fall they’re going to learn to hold on. Anyways, I’ll design something that’s a little safer for the younger ones for the time being. It will be a cool play structure over there. We did another one on another project and the kids use it all the time. They were this big and now they’re nine and ten, and you know, they still love it. It’s pretty cool.

Old Entryway

So here’s the old front entry that we were talking about. I’m basically closing this in to be like a glass porch. So the kids will have another entrance. I’ll make the entrance off this way, so the kids can still run out in the yard and probably get around the house. So you just don’t have to come in one way, you can come in more and still be in the yard. So this will be glassed in like a sunroom. Mostly it’s to receive packages and the overflow of the kid’s things when they come in. Skateboards can land in here if they’re out in the neighborhood, or shoes and skates, and whatever else they’re running in the house for.

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Posted November 29, 2022 by John Webb