Homestead Place Farmhouse Addition — Winston-Salem, NC
Homestead Place Farmhouse Addition — Winston-Salem area
The Homestead Place project combines two big moves into one coordinated build: a 1,100 square foot addition on the back of an existing farmhouse, and a full exterior renovation of the original structure — new siding and new roofing across the whole home.
Addition scope:
- 1,100 sq ft of new conditioned space
- 2 bathrooms (full plumbing, tile, fixtures)
- 3 bedrooms
- Acoustic insulation in the addition’s interior walls — sound dampening between bedrooms and shared spaces. This is a detail most additions skip, and one that makes the space noticeably better to live in.
Existing-home scope:
- Full siding replacement across the original farmhouse
- Full roofing replacement — matching material and lines to the addition, so the completed home reads as one cohesive structure
Tying an addition into an older home is where craftsmanship shows up. Getting the siding planes to line up, the rooflines to flow, and the new interior to feel like it belongs — that’s what makes the difference between “added on” and “always was.”
Making a 1,100 sq ft addition disappear
The number one giveaway of a cheap addition is that it looks like an addition. Different rooflines, mismatched siding, windows that don’t align with the original facade, trim details that got “close enough.” On the Homestead Place project, the brief was the opposite — we wanted the finished house to look like it was always this way. A 1,100 square foot addition that integrated so completely with the original farmhouse that a first-time visitor wouldn’t know where the old structure ended and the new one began.
That meant matching the existing rooflines to the exact pitch, continuing the standing seam metal roof across the addition in the same color and profile, and wrapping the whole house — original plus addition — in new board-and-batten siding painted the same deep forest green. The windows on the addition were sized and placed to read as if they were drawn by the original 1900s architect, with the same white trim and divided-light pattern.
What we added inside
- 2 new bathrooms — including the primary with custom wood double vanity, undermount sinks, oil-rubbed bronze fixtures, arched pivot mirrors, patterned cement tile floor, and a glass-doored walk-in shower with built-in bench
- 3 new bedrooms — one primary plus two secondary, laid out to flow from the original farmhouse’s existing living spaces
- Acoustic insulation in the interior walls between bedrooms and living areas — the kind of detail most contractors skip to save $1,500, which then costs homeowners sleep for the next 30 years
Full exterior re-side and re-roof
When you’re adding this much square footage, leaving the original exterior as-is creates a two-home look that no amount of landscaping can hide. The Homestead project included a complete exterior re-side and re-roof of the original farmhouse, so the finished product reads as a single modern-farmhouse built all at once. New roof: standing seam metal, same panel and color across old and new. New siding: James Hardie-style board-and-batten in forest green with white trim, continuous around the entire envelope. The result is in the before-and-after above — the old farmhouse is still there, but it’s been pulled forward a hundred years.
The outcome
The family now has the space they needed without having to move. The resale value on the finished home is significantly higher than the cost of the addition plus the original home’s pre-project value — that’s the definition of a renovation that pencils out. And if you drive by Homestead Place today, you see one coherent farmhouse, not a 1900s structure with a 2026 bump-out bolted on. That’s the job.
