Mediterranean Revival update meeting. Brent shares his ideas with Claire of Centered by Design.

[@sharonvik2068]

Thanks for showing us the collaborative process. I look forward to seeing the renovation progress.

[@BrentHull]

You and me both!

[@t.e.1189]

That was a nice video Brent. Would love to see you do more like that.

[@BrentHull]

Good to know! Thx,

[@Couldnt-think-of-a-clever-name]

It's nice to see how the back and forth goes.

[@BrentHull]

Ok, good to know.

[@timothyjones9804]

Hoping this becomes a full series, having spent a lot of time in Spain I love the authentic Mediterranean style, but I don’t see a lot of examples where I live now in South Australia, and certainly not good ones. It’s always good to get an architectural palate cleanser every once in a while.

[@BrentHull]

Nice. Thanks for watching.

[@danielstover3029]

Nice collaboration! Get the most and the best out of the willing budget... Please keep it coming and thanks for sharing! 😁👍

[@BrentHull]

Thank you! Will do!

[@RonRobertson-lafrance]

This will be interesting to follow!

[@BrentHull]

Thanks!

[@kevinm-py1nt]

That was great! I hate those shutters on the front of the house.

[@BrentHull]

Haha, Ok.

[@marvinhaines9297]

Yes, that staircase is Colonial, but PLEASE don't even think of removing it. It's an incredible period detail and a hundred times better than anything made today. Just my two cents. Thanks!

[@danielstover3029]

Agreed - spot on! 😁👍

[@BrentHull]

I don't disagree, but I great period iron railed balustrade would improve the home. Just saying... :)

[@jelsner5077]

​​@@BrentHullI am one of those "save the period details" people, but in this case I agree that an iron railing would be more appropriate. I'm sure it would be done by an artist, (it's not like they would buy something from Home Depot). I'd also add Mediterranean tiles on the stair risers. Just please remove the original railing carefully so it could be resold at an architectural salvage yard

[@user-steve_wrwoodclassics]

This house has so much potential . I love your ideas with applied mouldings . The x beams are horrible, they need to be removed immediately !

[@BrentHull]

Agreed!! Thx.

[@broederbond60]

I could certainly forsee a reflection pool.

[@BrentHull]

Hm, thx.

[@GeorgePetrakov]

Brent as a good doctor, all you need it is just find him plus budget. And in most cases result will be stunning.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks!!

[@andrewkennedy9704]

1:22 45,000 in 1959 dollars is 488k today.

[@ThePolypam]

Huge pet peeve of mine is how people throw nominal values without accounting for devaluation through inflation.

[@catphonics]

Another way to look at it is by comparing how much that was vs the average home. Average home price for Texas in 1960 was around $9000, so this home was 4 times more expensive than the average. Average home price in Texas today is around 350k, x4 is $1.4M. thats probably not the value of this house today, but it is a way for us to look back and better understand in context the price of the house back then.

[@BrentHull]

Noted. Thx.

[@JeremeyHowlett]

It’s nice that your running around fixing other peoples mess but would you rather design a neighborhood of custom homes? Most of the custom builds lately are disappointing. Would love to see a master planned community similar to Newport coast but with Brent as lead architect and designer.

[@BrentHull]

YES!! Me too. Thanks.

[@pcatful]

If you don't leave enough solid flat wall above those arches, it will always look hokey. Arches holding up nothing look ridiculous.

[@BrentHull]

ok.

[@laurajojackson374]

😂​@@BrentHull

[@ryansoo4000]

While I agree with the home owners objective to save money wherever possible I think it's more important to get the "bones" of a house right before spending money on the decorative finishes. With that in mind, I think having a big botanical mural on the long was will be too much. In your original design for that long living room wall you showed some applied molding at the other end of the room to replicate the arched opening out to the front hall. Why not build in an arch topped bookcase in that space? it would only have to be one foot deep but it would balance out that wall and the mural could run around it.

[@BrentHull]

Good idea. not what she wants. Thx

[@ryansoo4000]

@@BrentHull Don't you just hate it when good ideas aren't what they want :)