Metzlers Greenhouse
Saturday, October 15, 2016
I love this greenhouse/cottage; the design is just dazzling to me. If this were mine,
I would feel like a queen in a castle...Sigh, maybe someday I will be fortunate enough to have something like this built on a lot of mine and live in it.
Notice the Gate in the background...imagining it leads to a lovely garden.(click on picture above to see the whole picture/gate)
This would make a lovely studio on a smaller scale. My mind is ticking away at the possibilities.
All the woodwork on the interior is impressive but I would have to opt out for drywall.
Looooook....I think there is a Jacuzzi in the middle...see the towels and outline of the Jacuzzi??? oh it just gets better!!!
If not a studio for me, maybe a granny pod in the future!! Just put a french door beside that fireplace that leads to a small kitchen and bath. I will just sleep in the living room.....Jacuzzi will have to go or maybe not!
More from Delaware Today
More from Delaware Today
Molly Metzler and her husband, Mike, live in an expansive brick house on the Nanticoke River in Seaford that looks like it has been there for 150 years.
They don’t have to go far to unwind at their home-away-from-home, a jewel-like, freestanding conservatory nestled in an English-style privet hedge maze just a short stroll from the main house.
Only 300 square feet, the conservatory blends the centuries-old tradition of glass shelters designed to house exotic plants and the new tiny house movement, in which people gravitate toward smaller, intimate spaces. Think of it as a petite palace, a manor in miniature, a castle cocoon. “It is an exquisite place, like going on vacation,” she says.
The Metzlers at first planned to build a greenhouse on their property. They opted for a conservatory because it would provide them with the additional pleasure of a water element they could enjoy year-round. “We had always wanted a winter water feature, so we put in the spa,” she says.
To design and build the structure, they turned to Tanglewood Conservatories in Denton, Md. The firm already had installed a cupola above the foyer in the main house, as well as a conservatory sparkling with stained glass and antique chandeliers adjoining the master suite.
“Most conservatories are attached to other buildings, so the Metzlers’ place is unique, a little getaway,” says architect Alan Stein, who leads Tanglewood with his wife, Nancy Virts.
Tanglewood makes handcrafted, one-of-a-kind conservatories for clients in locales from the San Juan Islands off the coast of Seattle to Shanghai, a favored destination for a growing population of Chinese tycoons. Each is custom built in Denton, then disassembled and rebuilt on site.
The company manufactures its own high-quality insulated glass and has assembled a team of craftsmen in such scarce arts as copper seaming. Woodworkers draw on skills honed by generations of boat builders on the Eastern Shore.
Metzler called upon the design sensibilities of her own hands when she sat down with Stein to describe the conservatory she envisioned. “I was making shapes in the air with my hands,” she recalls. “Alan listened to what I said and started drawing by hand. And I said, ‘Yes, that is exactly what I want.’”
Like the main house, the Metzlers wanted the conservatory to exude an aura of time and history. “The house is only 20 years old, but it was built to look like a home that is 150 years old,” she says. .....Read More here
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