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When artist Cindy Bainbridge was looking for design inspiration to build a freestanding gallery work space on her 40-acre Pittsboro, North Carolina, farm, she turned to Home—and found an addition that Austin, Texas, architect Michael Antenora designed for himself and his family. Featured in the magazine's January/February 2006 issue, the modern structure had a quirky laundry-room bump-out with an asymmetrical roof and bold exterior colors.
"As soon as I saw the picture, I knew it was exactly what I'd been looking for," says Bainbridge. "It was simple and direct and would evoke the farm buildings in this area." So she created a 1/8-inch scale model out of cardboard, had blueprints drawn by a draftsman, and hired two local craftsmen to build it.
The 535-square-foot outbuilding includes a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping loft–meditation room and cost approximately $48,000 to construct. All of the windows, doors, and light fixtures came from the Habitat Thrift store and rang up at about $350.
"Since this is a working studio, I left the walls unpainted to encourage the creative process, which, for me, can be messy" says Bainbridge.—BrickChick
Kudos to you! I hadn't tghouht of that!
Posted by: Lily | May 02, 2011 at 04:45 AM
excellent design build~ coherent and evocative at the same time -efficient space planning --congratulations to the artist who accomplished this
Posted by: mike daly | August 18, 2008 at 02:58 AM
I would add that the meditation loft is a third floor room above the bedroom loft that could be used for storage or a library. Basically, this is a complete four room home with bath in under 600 square feet.
I am happy to email interior photos.
Posted by: cindy bainbridge | March 09, 2008 at 09:29 AM