VIDEO EXCLUSIVE Scan the QR code below using your mobile phone to watch Dale Fort of Buck Lumber explain all the exterior products Buck Lumber provided for this home. for more info on QR codes, see page 58.
Local Connection : Exterior Products Local Builder Simon Black credits the home's classic coastal curb appeal to the caliber of the exterior products used. "I sourced everything on the exterior of the house—the siding, Andersen windows, exterior doors, and exterior trim—from locally owned Buck Lumber & Building Supply," he states, "and the quality of their products just lent themselves to a beautiful local project like this." Highlights include the fire, insect, and decay resistant Nichiha cement siding, Lifespan exterior trim, as well as Andersen Windows. Resources: exterior building materials - Buck Lumber & Building Supply; hardscaping - Fieldstone Center of Charleston; landscaping - Leadenwah Landscapes
Randy and Bonnie Snow
by JULIE SPRANKLES photography by MICHAEL COSTA
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onnie and Randy Snow’s love affair with the Lowcountry began over three decades ago, when they themselves met, fell in love, and married on the Battery. The couple settled on Lake Murray in the midlands, but found themselves finding any excuse over the years to visit the city that originally sparked their romance. “My best friend lives on James Island, so I was always coming to visit her,” says Bonnie, “and then we would come here on special occasions, too. We finally decided to look into getting a beach house, which we found on Folly and bought with some friends.” After several extended
stays at their Folly house, the Snows began to realize they wanted to plant more permanent roots in the Charleston area and set out to find the ideal spot for a weekend getaway. They soon stumbled upon a beautiful waterfront lot on Wadmalaw Island and knew they could call off the search. “We found this piece of property and we just felt like it had been ours all along,” says Bonnie, smiling. “We walked on the land, and it just spoke to us.” A highway contractor by trade, Randy became very involved with the design of the house from the onset. “The whole design of the house started with the beautiful trees on the lot, because since they are grand trees, you can’t cut them down by regulation and we didn’t want to cut them down,” he explains. Other restrictions further mandated the shape of the house to be built: it had to be 15-feet off the property line on the sides and 50 feet off the critical line on the front. Upon realizing the resulting L-shaped footprint, the Snows started trying to figure out how to put the rooms of the home within the borders of the shell. They hired a house plan draftsman in Lexington, SC to draw basic blueprints, which RanCHARLESTON HOME + DESIGN • Spring 2011
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