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The Lokal A-Frame is a boutique vacation home rental 50 minutes outside of Philadelphia. Chad and Courtney Ludeman designed and renovated this modern home. The team behind Lokal Hotel and the 100K House. It is a wooded site fronting the Maurice River in the mid-1960s.
The Ludeman’s brought their 6 and 8-year-old boys to the site the day after purchasing it and set up camp next to it. It includes pine plywood, whitewashed, white oak flooring, concrete counters and tile, and lots of black and white paint. Scandinavian Modern style is the theme for the home renovation.
Renovations For This Modern Home
Some main changes to the home were to demo a wall on the main floor that broke up the middle of the space. First, the finished half of the basement was converted into a bunk room with 4 beds built into new alcoves. Then, they shifted the hallway upstairs to convert the half bath into a full bath with concrete shower walls.
Owners and their crew poured a lot of concrete for this project.
The front is in the living room, the middle is the kitchen, and the rear contains the home’s bar with an ice maker.
A custom concrete fire pit and countertop were poured outback. It is next to a Big Green Egg grill and both bath vanities. There is a custom jacuzzi tub top.
Finally, all of the bathroom tiles were concrete from Cle Tile. The shower and bath walls were treated with a vertical concrete product.
An 800 SF deck was built off of the back of the house surrounding and preserving existing trees on the site. At the end of the deck is an 8′ diameter wood-fired hot tub made from a feed trough from a local Tractor Supply store.
Front facade at night illuminated by hidden LED strip light.
The Ludeman’s wanted a beach vibe on this rural river for their guests and Bryan Hanes came up with a great idea to build a retaining wall and bring in 30 tons of sand to create a “rural wooded beach” 10 feet back from the original concrete bulkhead that was in need of costly repairs that the budget could not support.
Lokal A-Frame Interior
Its furnishings were handled mostly through collaboration with Article. The Ludeman’s didn’t have the time or budget to spend countless hours searching for the perfect mix of old and new furnishings from multiple locations. They needed one company that valued design, comfort, and versatility to furnish most of the space quickly. Article fit that bill perfectly and helped choose 90% of the furnishings with the owners. The Nirvana sectional was at the top of the Ludeman’s list and continues to be a guest favorite. There are wrestling battles over the corner location where you sink into a deep, relaxing state while the shadows of the trees wash over you.
One of the pleasant surprises with the Article lineup was their newly expanded exterior line which is versatile enough to do double duty inside and out.
This allowed chairs and end tables to serving double duty both in the living area and the deck.
Two custom pieces by local craftsmen filled out the furnishing needs. One is a live edge table/kitchen island made by Timberforge Woodworks. The other is a glass-topped coffee table made from a salvaged wagon wheel by Ovuud.
Chef’s kitchen detail with open plywood shelves. Range by Thermador
Bar supplies by Art in the Age. Detail of original beam reveal shown painted with matte black milk paint.
Of course the bedroom with white Parachute linens and Casper mattresses.
Custom stair made entirely of matching pine plywood.
Bookings & Reservations
The home is available for rent on AirBnB and through Lokal Hotel’s website. Suprisingly it became more popular and has been booked up 100% since it’s launch in January of 2018.
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