846 Park Street

Owners: Michael and Amy Dunn

This 4100 sq. ft. home was built in 1923, designed by architect Dwight Howard Smith and has had renovations on every floor. Starting in the basement, the couple lowered the basement floor and added radiant heating and plumbing for a bathroom and a bar. The floor happens to be polished concreate. The storage area was divided into a wine and bourbon room and scuba diving storage, which means it also serves (unofficially) as the world’s best panic room.

In the kitchen Mike and Amy added wood flooring as to match the first floor, designed cabinets and added a pocket door between the kitchen and dining room. The couple found the original blueprints and were able to have a router bit made to match the original moldings.

On the second floor, they converted a bedroom into a master closet and bathroom and moved the laundry up from the basement.

Outside they added a brick walkway to the garage with a snowmelt feature. All the couple has to do is flip a switch in the kitchen, and they never again have to shovel snow to get to the garage. This is great for people who abhor shoveling snow, but a real bummer for anyone hoping to reenact the ending to “The Shining.”

The couple is avid travelers and scuba divers; as such, Mike’s scuba photographs can be found throughout the home. Most of the decorative elements found throughout the home were actually picked up during their travels.

To complete the work on the home, the couple employed contractor John Garrett of J. Garrett Home Solutions LLC, designer John Wilson of CRI interiors and renovation architects Urban Order.

The radiant heating was done by Rocky Fork Heating. The lighting and sound automation was done by ACES (Aaron Carmack) electronics.