This month's column is taken from the
author's correspondence with a young
couple wishing to expand a small house
for a growing family. The house is sited
on a tight lot in a town with stringent
zoning restrictions.
Dear Roger and Kate:
Recapping, you sent me your plans,
photos, detailed program, and a first
stab at a solution by another designer.
His work and your constrained budget
led me to my first solution, which simply
added the ell on the front. Then
you told me you would probably go
ahead and add to the back, because you
could do a lot of the work yourself to
hold down the square-foot cost, so I
decided to try for