Hyde Park Bungalow: An early 1900s Austin home made room by room for each person
Whole-house renovationAustin, TexasPublished Updated
Hyde Park Bungalow is a full renovation of an early 1900s home in Austin’s Hyde Park for empty nesters who had started hosting grandchildren. The house is small, with small rooms. McKinney York Architects, builder Matt Risinger and Cravotta Interiors made it work hard without ever feeling strained.
The brief
Each room had to be made for a specific person. Two girls would share a room. The husband found restoration in music. The wife needed a place to make art. The house had to hold all of it inside a small historic footprint.
Scope
Full renovation. New plan, custom furniture and furnishings throughout, a private listening room, and an outdoor art studio behind the house. The original long-leaf pine floors were preserved.
The design
For the two girls sharing a room, Cravotta designed the Wonderland: a single custom piece that combines a queen bed, a desk, dresser storage and a loft sofa.
For the husband, a private listening room. For the wife, an outdoor art studio, light and airy, designed to feel like an extension of the backyard.
Cravotta also designed the dining table and the primary bed. Builder Matt Risinger brought the level of craft the design required, and the original long-leaf pine floors were kept throughout.
- Collaborators
- Architect: McKinney York Architects. Builder: Matt Risinger.
- Materials and makers
- Wonderland bunk, dining table and primary bed designed by Cravotta Interiors.