Heritage restoration and cabinetry
5111 St. Elmo Avenue
A heritage-listed Victorian-era cottage in one of Chattanooga's most loved historic neighbourhoods, with Lookout Mountain standing at the end of the street.
St. Elmo, Chattanooga, TN
The work
St. Elmo is a neighbourhood where the houses are the point, and a listed cottage here comes with obligations. The original Victorian mantel was restored rather than swapped, carved decorative relief, fluted pilasters and period corbels included. That work is slow and it does not photograph as dramatically as a new kitchen, which is exactly why it tends to get skipped.
The kitchen is the piece that changes how the house is used. It is furniture-grade and two-tone, white above and deep charcoal below, with brushed brass hardware and Carrara marble worktops. A custom range hood carries the charcoal up the wall, and the room opens through to a living space with an exposed brick chimney breast.
The bathrooms and bedrooms follow the same logic: contemporary where the house has nothing worth keeping, careful where it does. Panelled wainscot and refinished oak floors in the bedroom, a frameless marble shower and a grey vanity with twin brass-framed mirrors in the bath.
The original mantel
Restored with its carved decorative relief, fluted pilasters and period corbels intact, rather than replaced with a reproduction.
Two-tone kitchen
Furniture-grade cabinetry in white and deep charcoal, brushed brass hardware, Carrara marble and a custom range hood.
The cottage in its street
Deep front porch and weatherboard elevation restored so the house still reads as part of the St. Elmo streetscape.
What this job involved
This one is in St. Elmo. More of our work there is on the St. Elmo page.
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