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A Birdsquare Carpentry wood-base twin vanity in the master bath. Hoge laid the concrete countertops and built the cabinetry, using walnut veneer and reclaimed poplar from a warehouse. A glass door off the kitchen opens to the new screened porch, set perpendicular to the home's back wall to keep it from block- ing the view. Breaking up the porch's solid back privacy wall is a series of decorative, backlit boards the Mayses' general contrac- tor, Mike Cadden of Promaster Contract- ing, dubbed "the Gantt chart." Te porch is furnished with a wood din- ing table and chairs and a leaf-colored Loll Designs seating group of maintenance-free recycled plastic. "We live out here during the spring and fall," Elizabeth says, not- ing that without the screening, they'd be "eaten alive" by mosquitoes. Beneath it, an enclosed area with a gravel base provides se- cure, dry storage for bikes. In the family room, a huge sheet of com- www.edgeneighborhood.com www.facebook.com/louisvillemagazine mercial glass provides a wall-sized backyard view, while double glass doors lead to the new deck. Above it, unconditioned storage space has been converted to a master suite. Te bedroom and vanity/dressing area are finished and the rest of the plumbing has been roughed in for installation down the road. Te budget stretched far enough, however, to add the kids' hall bath on the third floor. Troughout the first level, white walls and woodwork provide a pristine backdrop for the Mayses' extensive collection of regional art. Elizabeth has served on the board of di- rectors at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft since 2006 and is currently president. One of her favorite new features is the organizational area by the back stairs. "We stole the idea from friends," she confides. "It hides everything — the sound system, phone books, vacuum, batteries." For Cadden, who's been in residential remodeling since 1991, the Mays home was one of the most unique projects he's ever worked on. "We took an old home in Crescent Hill," he says "and modernized the back of it to fit the Mayses' lifestyle and de- sign style." [90] LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 5.12