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Multigenerational living is changing the way famil

Multigenerational living is changing the way families think about home renovations.
For some, that means making room for aging parents. For others, it means creating space for adult children, caregivers, or extended family. And when you’re planning an addition to a historic home, more square footage is only part of the conversation.
A thoughtful home addition should respect the character, scale, and architecture of the original house while creating space that works for the way your family lives today.
For historic homes in Knoxville, that balance matters. The goal isn’t to make the old and new compete. It’s to design an addition that feels like a natural evolution of the home.

With so much attention on the final project, it's

With so much attention on the final project, it's easy to miss the beauty of the "right now."
Your dream home won't appear overnight, which is exactly what makes it so special. Intentional planning, expert craftsmanship, and a lot of patience are all essential aspects to designing a home that you'll love for a lifetime.
We know the waiting can be tough, but don't forget to cherish the process. Each in-between will tell the story of your future space.

A question we hear often: what color should the po

A question we hear often: what color should the porch posts be?
It seems small, but the answer changes how the whole exterior reads. The way you treat structural elements relative to the body of the house is one of those details that separates a considered exterior from one that just happened.
It's one of those decisions that's easy to overlook and hard to undo once the paint is dry.
🚪 Learn more about how we approach exterior design at opendoorarchitecture.com

This is what a shoot day looks like. Before the f

This is what a shoot day looks like.
Before the final images, there's a lot of standing in doorways, adjusting lamps, and debating whether the light is better at 10am or 2pm. (It's almost always 2pm.)
We love to document our work because the photography is part of how we tell the story. And the story is how the next homeowner finds us.

The porch is the part of the house that faces the

The porch is the part of the house that faces the neighborhood.
In Knoxville's older homes, it was never an afterthought. It was a design decision about how a family wanted to live in relation to their street. That relationship still matters.
When we renovate a historic home, the porch is one of the first things we talk about. Not just how it looks, but how it works: the depth, the orientation, the connection to the entry sequence inside.
Some things are worth getting right the first time.
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