Fairway House

When our Pricelli client moved south, his life had changed dramatically. With a grown child headed to medical school, he was an empty nester and entrepreneur in search of a new project. He found it at Fairway House across the street from a golf fairway in a small historic South Carolina town.

Our client gutted the 2,200-square-foot house and had the pool and pool decking refurbished. Below the coping around the pool, the client wanted a band of decorative tile. This was the first project Pricelli undertook in a year-long renovation effort. Pricelli selected a Spanish tile (see picture below) that was installed using a laser level.

Walls were moved, bathrooms gutted, fireplaces redone, space reconfigured, and a new kitchen and great room were designed. The west side of the house was painted throughout in a light creamy bisque. On the east side where the guest bedrooms and great room faced the pool, the walls were painted a faint ice blue.

The fireplace in the great room was a big square of solid red brick. We painted it the creamy bisque to provide a transition into the west side of the house. Past the great room fireplace, a hallway led to a punchy powder room, guest rooms that shared a Jack and Jill bathroom, and the owner's bedroom at the north end of the house. Our client created an alcove at the end of the hallway where a large closet had been. We added overhead canned lights and slipped in a beautiful antique linen press. One side of the hallway had a series of antique gold-framed mirrors to bring in light. On the other side of the hallway, we used similar antique gold frames to house a triptych of images of the owner’s child.

The great room and kitchen were the most challenging design. Part of the great room led to a screened-in porch that opened out to the pool deck. The southernmost corner of the room that formed the kitchen had a series of windows that formed a ninety-degree corner making cabinetry impossible. Meanwhile, the client sectioned off a small part of the kitchen into a small butler’s pantry that led to the dining room. We floated a medium-sized island to define the space and recessed the refrigerator into a closet that was originally a china closet in the dining room. One of the nicest features of the great room and kitchen was the slate floor. Pricelli had the slate shipped from Vermont.

The Fairway house has great bones and the exterior was in great shape.

Credits

Pricelli