House Tour: Fresh Traditional Style

A young couple restore a 1934 home’s period style and tackle an upper-level addition through a lot of their own hard work and a little help from the pros.

A New Generation

Period-sensitive renovations are more costly than those on newer homes, where slapping up some drywall and installing a few hollow-core doors will often do. The homeowners knew this when they purchased a one-story, 1934 brick Tudor in Atlanta. In their late 20s and just starting a family, the homeowners knew they could afford the ambitious dreams they had for their home, only if they did a lot of the work themselves.