We’re Really Doing This?

Sitting upstairs at the Hudson, OH Welcome center in front of the architectural review board, I feel like the members of Delta Tau Chi Fraternity as they went in front of the Dean to plead their case not to be kicked off campus in the classic comedy “Animal House”.

You see, all plans need to be given the approval of the board and our town is not really big on change. Thankfully, we stuck pretty much to the recipe: Colonial, Hardie Board siding, stone that wraps to an inside corner, etc.

The one wrinkle was the window accents. If you want to place decorative shutters, they need to “look” as if they could actually cover the windows- never mind that they don’t “actually” cover the windows. Not liking our choices for those types of faux shutters, we adjusted on the fly for awnings instead. With that, we were given the blessing of the board and three weeks later we had our building permits.