The Mebane House was designed by Sophie Piesse, architect, for a great couple that wanted to downsize as they began retirement. Sophie designed the house to be compact, energy efficient and very low maintenance. The home has proper orientation, shading and thermal mass to take advantage of passive heating and cooling. The beautiful deep grind polished concrete floors have hydronic heat to make the whole house cozy in the winter without any forced air blowing around. This was a great project for wonderful folks. We thoroughly enjoyed our collaboration with Sophie. All photos by Iman Woods.
View from the southeast. Super clean shade structure by DAC Awnings of Durham. Corrugated metal siding and Boral ship lap siding.
Truly open concept! Large, triple pane lift and slide doors open on the north and south for maximum ventilation. Beautiful deep grind polished concrete floors by Luxcrete of Hillsborough.
Cool, clean cabinet design that requires no pulls. Cabinets by Bo Taylor.
View from kitchen to screen porch. Polished concrete on porch has a sealant with a high coefficient of friction to keep it from becoming slippery when wet.
Boer Bros. Heating and Cooling packed a lot into a tiny space for the radiant heat. All of this is under a hidden section of cabinet in the laundry room!
Clean cabinet lines.
Leones Tile did a great job, as always, on this glass kitchen backsplash tile.