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Modern Dogtrot Home

By Mary Katherine Quinlan
September 23, 2011
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Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg
History repeats itself in the dogtrot floor plan of one couple’s Lowcountry retreat.
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Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg

Patricia and Geordie Cole chose to reintroduce the dogtrot floor plan, originally developed centuries ago to accommodate the heat and humidity of the South, in their newly constructed South Carolina home.

Modest in scale and rooted in the history of the Lowcountry, it is an architectural style that reflects the quiet lifestyle the Coles envisioned for themselves in South Carolina. It’s a classic design, updated with all the provisions for modern-day living.

  • Source Guide
    Paint:
    Oyster Shell (43YY78/053) by Glidden (glidden.com); homedepot.com.
  • Trim paint: Snowy Egret (PWN-50); behr.com.
  • Roof: Zinc Standing Seam in Natural VMZINC; vmzinc-us.com.

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Entry

Dogtrot House
Credit: Helen Norman

Large folding doors replace a traditional front entry to completely open the central hallway.

  • Source Guide
    Decking and stairs:
    Regular E4E S4S; ipedecking.com.
  • Floor stain: Australian Timber Oil in Natural (3400); cabotstain.com.
  • Folding doors: Multi-panel Bi-folding Doors in Alaskan Yellow Cedar with Mahogany Stain; dynamicwindows.com.
  • Hanging lantern: Montgomery (FCD9139CI); troy-lighting.com.

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Exterior

Exterior
Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg

The house was sited to keep most of the existing trees.

  • Design Team
    Architects:
    Jane and Michael Frederick, Frederick + Frederick Architects, Beaufort, SC; f-farchitects.com.
  • Interior designer: Michele Wood, Fine Furniture Galleries, Bluffton, SC, and Palmetto Bluff, SC; finefurnituregalleries.com.
  • Builder: Bay 10 Ventures, Inc., Hilton Head Island, SC; bay10ventures.com.
  • Landscape architect: Verdant Enterprises LLC, Walterboro, SC; verdantenterprises.com.

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Dining Room

Dining Room
Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg

Modeled on a traditional dogtrot, the house’s central hall opens to the front and back.

  • Source Guide
    Wall paint (unless otherwise noted):
    White Dove (OC-17); benjaminmoore.com.
  • Flooring: heart pine from Knoxville, TN; volunteerlumber.com.
  • Millwork and windows: custom, Alaskan Yellow Cedar with Mahogany Stain; dynamicwindows.com.
  • Interior doors: custom; marshlandmillworks.com.
  • Table: CA-T602ZOLEW table in Antique Oak finish; englishmansfurniture.com.
  • Chairs: 90 Small Box Pleat Parsons Chair in Top Sider Fabric in Natural; shopfourseasonsfurniture.com.
  • Large painting on wall: by West Fraser; helenafoxfineart.com.
  • Painted chest: 4150 Chest; polidordesign.com.

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Kitchen

Modern Dogtrot Kitchen
Credit: Photo: Helen Norman, Styling: Rebecca Omweg

Windows in the kitchen open to the central hallway and reflect original dogtrot architecture.

  • Source Guide
    Cabinetry, island, and hutch:
    custom; marshlandmillworks.com.
  • Countertops: Calacata Gold marble; distinctivegraniteandmarble.com.
  • Island hardware: 1¼" Octagon Crystal knob (CAL-M994) by Cal Crystal (calcrystalusa.com); mightyknobs.com.
  • Range: CornuFé 110 in Black; lacornueusa.com.

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Helpful Details

Helpful Details
Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg

Patricia had the refrigerator custom paneled in chalkboard—clever and hardworking! “The second I run out of Earl Grey tea, I write it down,” she says, “and there the grocery list is in my face.”

The cabinetry color (gray with a slight brown wash) reads differently as the light changes throughout the day, ranging from light gray to green to sky blue.

  • Source Guide
    Light fixtures:
    Edison Collection Pendant Light No. 19 in Old Bronze finish; hudsonvalleylighting.com.
  • Refrigerator: 36" French Door Freestanding Bottom Freezer; dacor.com.
  • Cabinetry paint: custom blend of Fieldstone (1558) and Gray Owl (2137-60); benjaminmoore.com.
  • Cabinetry hardware: Oval Knob in Barcelona (A1560-BARC); alnoinc.com.
  • Sink: Shaws Original 1½ Bowl Fireclay Apron Kitchen Sink; rohlhome.com.
  • Faucet: Pillar with Ascot Handle; sigmafaucet.com.

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The View

The View
Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg

With a wall of large windows, the kitchen’s breakfast nook is an ideal bird-watching spot.

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Living Room

Dogtrot Hallway Fireplace
Credit: Photo: Helen Norman, Styling: Rebecca Omweg

The fireplace mantel in the central hallway is a piece of reclaimed cherry found by the builder. The painting on the mantel is by South Carolina artist Linda Rorer.

  • Source Guide
    Sofas:
    custom Weston; hickorychair.com.
  • Pillows: Aubusson by ChinaWind USA; finefurnituregalleries.com.
  • Artwork: by Linda Rorer; lindarorer.com.

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Screened Porch

Screened Porch
Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg

The long, narrow screened porch runs the width of the home and is accessible from the formal living room, the central hallway, and the master bedroom.

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    Wall paint:
    Oyster Shell (43YY78/053) by Glidden (glidden.com); homedepot.com.
  • Trim paint: Snowy Egret (PWN-50); behr.com.
  • Fans: The Windpointe Five Blade Series, antique finish wide oval woven bamboo blades; fanimation.com.
  • Planter by sofa: vintage kettle, similar items available from Sunshine Hardscape, Landscape & Nursery; 843/757-7256.

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