Project 820 | A&S Custom Homes

A two-story great room at the center of everything.

Two-story great room with a tall fireplace column and walls of glass — The great room: two stories of glass around a full-height fireplace wall

Project 820 sits on a private, wooded lot in Sugar Hill. White board-and-batten, a stone base and black windows give it a clean modern-farmhouse face, and white oak floors run through the main living spaces inside.

The front door opens to a slatted oak accent wall and straight into a two-story great room, where a full-height fireplace wall sits between walls of glass. The great room flows into the dining area and kitchen: a dark island with a quartz top and farmhouse sink, a wood-trimmed range hood, a gas cooktop, a wall oven and microwave combo, and a large pantry. A beverage bar with a wine fridge and lit floating shelves sits just off the dining area. A main-floor bedroom with its own full bath works as a guest suite or a second primary.

Upstairs, a loft with a media wall looks down over the great room. The primary suite has a freestanding soaking tub, a walk-in shower, a double vanity and a large walk-in closet, and two more bedrooms each have a private bath. Outside are two covered patios, one with a brick fireplace, both plumbed with gas lines for a grill.

StyleModern farmhouse
ExteriorBoard-and-batten, stone
FloorsWhite oak, tile
KitchenQuartz island, farmhouse sink
OutdoorTwo covered patios, fireplace
Lot0.75 acres

The design process

Drawn floor by floor before the first board went up.

Project 820 began as a complete set of construction drawings. The open great room, the loft above it and the way stone and board-and-batten meet on the front were all decided on paper first, so the build could follow the plan instead of improvising.

Section of the Project 820 main floor plan showing the great room with fireplace, covered patio, guest suite, foyer and front porch — 01The floor planThe great room sits at the center, opening straight out to the covered patio, with a main-floor guest suite tucked off the foyer.

Front elevation drawing of Project 820 with twin gables, board-and-batten siding, stone veneer and garage doors — 02The elevationsTwin gables, roof pitches, window sizes and where the stone veneer gives way to board-and-batten, all set before framing.

Building cross-section drawing through the foyer, guest suite and the loft above — 03The sectionA cut through the house worked out the two-story volumes: the loft and its rail above the foyer, ceiling heights and how each floor stacks.

Drawings shown in part.

A two-story great room at the center of everything.

Drawn floor by floor before the first board went up.

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