“I really like the lower ceilings in here because it makes the formal space much more intimate,” says Austin.Īlthough Murray classifies the original home as traditional, she tags the new space as transitional. For example, the original post-War home had just eight-foot ceilings so the former living room, complete with working fireplace, was converted to what is now the dining room. Melding the old and new, Murray and Austin collaborated on a floor plan that not only worked for the family’s lifestyle, but also complemented the architecture. A home that was not imposing but that looked comfortable in its surroundings.” Murray added a new wing with a brick façade to the original home, bumping up the finished space to some 6,000 square feet. “So I set out to design a house that hopefully, in the end, looked like it had been there forever.
So they hired Falls Church, Virginia-based architect Eunice Murray to transform the original space into one that reflects their casual, energetic lifestyle.“Throughout the design process, Denise really wanted to be respectful of the neighborhood, as it was one of the first homes to be renovated ,” recalls Murray.
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“It was near our daughters’ schools and had lots of other kids nearby so it was a very family-friendly place to be.” But the 75-year-old traditional brick house with just 1,600 square feet of living space did not accommodate the active family of four: Jeff is a former professional tennis player and brother to Hall of Famer Tracy Austin, and the girls play tennis as well as lacrosse. “We just fell in love with the neighborhood,” says Austin, who on a recent visit won us over while hopping about her kitchen serving homemade pumpkin bread-low fat, of course-and chatting as if we’d been girlfriends for years. You probably know her best as the doyenne of fitness-she’s sold nearly 20 million videos and DVDs and currently has two top-rated workout shows on Lifetime television, but powerhouse Denise Austin is as committed to creating a warm family home for her husband Jeff, a sports attorney in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and their two teenage daughters, Kelly and Katie, as she is about sculpting her abdominal muscles.So when the couple purchased their home seven years ago just outside of Washington, DC, they knew a major renovation was required.
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