THE OWNERS OF THIS AUSTERE 1920s home—both Realtors—saw an opportunity not only to preserve a piece of neighborhood history, but to prove that a house with good bones could be adapted to accommodate a more contemporary sensibility. “They also wanted to demonstrate that less can be more,” says architect Dalton Davis of Semple Brown Design. “That is, if a space works, adding unnecessary square footage to make a project pencil out for resale is superfluous.” More
