Dallas Remodeling Company: Lower Greenville Room Addition
Baby is on the way, need to add an extra bedroom to our historic Lower Greenville/M Streets home, but it needs to match once it is finished. What if we used the area where the patio is and added a room?
Framing a Vision: A Historic Dallas Room Addition from Start to Finish
Goodbye patio, hello foundation from 1921. Let's start there, reinforce it and build on top of it.
When a growing family loves their historic neighborhood but desperately needs more square footage, moving away isn't the only answer. The homeowners were preparing to welcome their second child, expanding their beautiful home was the perfect alternative.
Eric Cantu Remodeling recently took on this gorgeous room addition project located in the Belmont Sub subdivision within the vibrant Lower Greenville neighborhood of Dallas. Blending modern comfort with historic preservation, this 1920's Craftsman style home sits carefully positioned within both the Belmont Addition Conservation District and the Vickery Place Conservation District, a historic home with special needs, our speciality.
Here is the story of how we took this historic home from its original state, navigated the construction process, and delivered a seamless, light-filled bedroom expansion for our clients.
Take down the patio, secure the foundation, extend the house to add a new bedroom, rebuild the patio.
The Before: A Cozy Footprint Ready for Growth
Expanding a home within a strict Dallas conservation district requires a deep understanding of local architectural guidelines. Every structural detail, from the pitch of the roofline to the siding materials, must honor the craftsman characteristics of the surrounding neighborhood.
Initially, the backyard featured an open wooden deck and a small patio layout. While it was a beautiful outdoor space, the impending arrival of a second child meant that converting this footprint into heated, livable square footage was a much higher priority for the family. Our goal was simple yet precise: seamlessly build a bedroom addition that looks as though it was part of the original structure.
The During: Deep Mud, Strong Foundations, and Precision Framing
Once the old deck was cleared out, it was time to get to work. Building an addition to a historic pier-and-beam structure requires flawless execution during excavation and site leveling.
Our crews navigated the muddy ground to excavate soil, establish structural batter boards, and prepare a rock-solid base that would perfectly align with the existing home's foundation line. From there, the team raised the framing and wrapped the exterior in advanced green ZIP System sheathing. This guarantees top-tier energy efficiency and moisture barriers, which are absolutely essential for navigating unpredictable Texas weather.
This video shows an exterior-to-interior walk-through of the home addition under construction. It begins with a view of the green ZIP System weatherproofing panels and newly installed windows on the exterior. The camera then moves through an open doorway into the interior, revealing beautifully finished light blue-gray walls, pristine white trim, newly extended matching hardwood floors, and a modern ceiling fan in a room filled with brilliant natural light.
The After: A Seamless, Sunlit New Bedroom
Inside the newly completed room addition, the expansion truly shines. To maintain interior design continuity, we extended the home's rich hardwood floors into the new bedroom.
The walls were finished in a soothing, light blue-gray tone, accented by crisp white trim and a fresh ceiling fan. To maximize natural light, we installed a bank of large, high-efficiency windows that look out into the backyard. On the outside, the roofline and siding integrate seamlessly, making it nearly impossible to tell where the original historic home ends and the new bedroom begins. This is the goal, inside, everybody knows Eric Cantu Remodeling has upgraded your home. Outside? They ask, "Did your house get bigger?"
The Ultimate Review: What Our Clients Have to Say
We were absolutely thrilled to collaborate with this family on their journey. Hearing their feedback makes all the hard work worth it:
A wonderful five-star review from a recent client, celebrating their new space just in time for their expanding family. This is what defines success, happy clients. To us, THIS IS EVERYTHING!
AFTER: Room Addition complete on 1920s Craftsman Cottage, customers happy, complete BEFORE the baby arrives. Like what you see? Call Eric today.