It’s A Beautiful Butterfly

Clearly I’ve read The Very Hungry Caterpillar way too many times to DC (hence the title of this post).

I love when you find those home transformations where the beginning structure is a 1950s ranch or as some call it a post war box and it turns in to a Craftsman style cottage or bungalow.

Example given…

ranch before Fine Homebuilding

And then…

ranch after Fine Homebuilding

images via Fine Homebuilding

Some of  architect Ross Chapin’s fine work,

ranch before Ross Chapin

and after…

ranch after Ross Chapin

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