

One of the goals of the renovation was to create a more open feel to the home while preserving the character and charm of the period. More Posted by Malcolm Faulds | Categories: Arlington Italianate 2013-2014 | | Comments (2) About a week later I visited the site and saw how Tom scratches this kind of itch.

I couldn't get much more out of him that day, but I knew he had an itch to scratch. We were about a month into the project and he was quiet. I knew something was on Tom Silva's mind. More Posted by Malcolm Faulds | Categories: Arlington Italianate 2013-2014 | | Comments (8) We went with the flat stock profiles, and handed the design over to Tom and Norm to take a crack at making them on site. Personally I liked the way the Geometric scheme picked up the angles of the house, but I was overruled. Here are the four options he came back with. So we asked our architect, David Whitney, to work up some options for a railing (or balustrade).

It had many lovely details, but the front porch was a bit bare. We had long felt that our house was missing something in the front.
