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Remodel revitalizes Wallingford bungalow

By Elizabeth Rhodes
Seattle Times staff reporter

	STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES This Wallingford bungalow underwent a total remodel. The goal was to maintain the modest scale of the house and stay on budget.
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The architect: Joseph Hurley of Joseph Hurley Architects, who gave the house a total remodel — even finding a way to squeeze in a view deck out of attic space. "Our plan," says Hurley, "was to get three bedrooms upstairs, a better functioning group of spaces on the main floor, maintain the modest scale of the house and stay on budget."

The owners: Joseph Hurley, Jen Frankel and their two young children.

	Joseph Hurley

The contractor: Joseph Hurley, who acted as his own general contractor to keep costs down.

Judges' comments: "This house proves that a tightly constrained budget need not constrain creativity and taste. The budget was considered in every move, and the results are richer than one might expect."

The size: 1,900 square feet, four bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths.

Project cost: $252,000. (Includes all labor, materials, building-permit fees, sales tax and architect, contractor and/or consultant fees. Excludes land cost.)

Tour hours: noon to 4 p.m. today (Sunday) only.

Address: 4125 Ashworth Ave. N., Seattle.

Driving directions: From I-5 take the N.E. 45th Street exit and go west. Turn left onto Densmore Avenue North. Turn right onto North 43rd Street. Turn left onto Ashworth Avenue North and look for open house signs.

The Seattle Times/AIA Open House program began in 1954. All licensed architects are encouraged to submit their residential work to the AIA for consideration. Nominees are reviewed by the Seattle Chapter, AIA Open House committee. Call 206-448-4938.

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