Superstition Mountain AZ: Family dog is the master of this custom guesthouse in Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in the Gold Canyon area
It wouldn't be bad if "being in the doghouse" meant staying at Jude and Bud Thurston's. Their doghouse is a 2,300-square-foot retreat. Designed as the home-away-from-home for their 2-year-old Doberman pinscher Ice and a dog-sitter while the couple are out of town, it serves as the guesthouse the rest of the year.
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The guest quarters are in a separate building on their property at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in the Gold Canyon area. The Thurstons worked with designer Beth McGehee of Studio B, Scottsdale, to ensure that the interior of the guesthouse, which was built by Montara Homes in Superstition Mountain, matched that of the 5,288-square-foot main house.
The guesthouse started out small.
"We were just going to do a little studio," Jude Thurston said. But her husband suggested making the structure large enough to accommodate a pool table. Soon a bedroom, ideal for visiting children and grandchildren, was added. "It just grew."
The guesthouse has three patios, as well as a playground for Ice. The Thurstons bought the adjoining lot and constructed a large dog run that is bordered by a decorative block fence. Featuring grass and sandy areas, the area contains a ramada where the humans can relax while Ice plays. Sometimes Doc, a Labrador retriever, and other friends join him.
The dog run is a short distance from the guesthouse, which is essentially one big room, with a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and powder room on the side. The great room, which measures roughly 26 by 44 feet, features an impressive 20-foot-high beamed and planked ceiling and cement-tile floors that are stained brown. The walls, done in a rich gold, were painted to look like Venetian plaster. As such, Jude Thurston said, they are more dog-friendly than if they had been finished in the labor-intensive faux painting process.
The great room is divided into two parts. One half serves as the living area, with a comfy couch and leather club chairs facing the cantera-stone fireplace. Built-in bookcases, a large-screen television and a one-of-a-kind sofa table, built from parts of an old oxen yoke, complete the setting.
The other half of the room houses the pool table. The couple's grandchildren enjoy challenging Bud Thurston, and there's ample elbow room for everyone to play, so much so that a table-tennis table can be squeezed into the space if the living area's chairs are moved a few feet.
The adjoining kitchen, although small, has a cook in mind with its six-burner, professional-style GE Monogram stove, bottom-freezer refrigerator, cream-colored cabinets and built-in wine holder. There's a breakfast nook at the side; its built-in cushioned bench seating provides lots of room. On the breakfast bar, a decorative red and green glazed lamp, which matches the gold, green and red tiled backsplash, lends a homey look.
The bedroom, which has picture-window views of the Superstition Mountains, features a bed covered in a red and gold duvet and matching pillows. There's a comfy leather love seat at the foot of the bed. Ice has a bed at the side.
Jude Thurston said that she furnished the guesthouse primarily with pieces the couple already owned. Some pieces were rescued from storage; others are furnishings that their children gave back after borrowing them for a while. Still others are "finds" from Valley stores, Internet sites and shops visited while on trips to other cities.
One "find" was a wood computer table that Thurston converted into a powder-room vanity. She decorated the front with a gathered curtain to hide the plumbing and topped it with a glass vessel sink.
Another "find" was a pair of gold-colored glass lamps that sport black lampshades. They fit perfectly into the Old World look of the bedroom.
"I'm frugal," said Thurston, who enjoys a good deal when she finds one. "The lamps are Martha Stewart (Everyday) from Kmart."
Source AZ Republic
The guest quarters are in a separate building on their property at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in the Gold Canyon area. The Thurstons worked with designer Beth McGehee of Studio B, Scottsdale, to ensure that the interior of the guesthouse, which was built by Montara Homes in Superstition Mountain, matched that of the 5,288-square-foot main house.
The guesthouse started out small.
"We were just going to do a little studio," Jude Thurston said. But her husband suggested making the structure large enough to accommodate a pool table. Soon a bedroom, ideal for visiting children and grandchildren, was added. "It just grew."
The guesthouse has three patios, as well as a playground for Ice. The Thurstons bought the adjoining lot and constructed a large dog run that is bordered by a decorative block fence. Featuring grass and sandy areas, the area contains a ramada where the humans can relax while Ice plays. Sometimes Doc, a Labrador retriever, and other friends join him.
The dog run is a short distance from the guesthouse, which is essentially one big room, with a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and powder room on the side. The great room, which measures roughly 26 by 44 feet, features an impressive 20-foot-high beamed and planked ceiling and cement-tile floors that are stained brown. The walls, done in a rich gold, were painted to look like Venetian plaster. As such, Jude Thurston said, they are more dog-friendly than if they had been finished in the labor-intensive faux painting process.
The great room is divided into two parts. One half serves as the living area, with a comfy couch and leather club chairs facing the cantera-stone fireplace. Built-in bookcases, a large-screen television and a one-of-a-kind sofa table, built from parts of an old oxen yoke, complete the setting.
The other half of the room houses the pool table. The couple's grandchildren enjoy challenging Bud Thurston, and there's ample elbow room for everyone to play, so much so that a table-tennis table can be squeezed into the space if the living area's chairs are moved a few feet.
The adjoining kitchen, although small, has a cook in mind with its six-burner, professional-style GE Monogram stove, bottom-freezer refrigerator, cream-colored cabinets and built-in wine holder. There's a breakfast nook at the side; its built-in cushioned bench seating provides lots of room. On the breakfast bar, a decorative red and green glazed lamp, which matches the gold, green and red tiled backsplash, lends a homey look.
The bedroom, which has picture-window views of the Superstition Mountains, features a bed covered in a red and gold duvet and matching pillows. There's a comfy leather love seat at the foot of the bed. Ice has a bed at the side.
Jude Thurston said that she furnished the guesthouse primarily with pieces the couple already owned. Some pieces were rescued from storage; others are furnishings that their children gave back after borrowing them for a while. Still others are "finds" from Valley stores, Internet sites and shops visited while on trips to other cities.
One "find" was a wood computer table that Thurston converted into a powder-room vanity. She decorated the front with a gathered curtain to hide the plumbing and topped it with a glass vessel sink.
Another "find" was a pair of gold-colored glass lamps that sport black lampshades. They fit perfectly into the Old World look of the bedroom.
"I'm frugal," said Thurston, who enjoys a good deal when she finds one. "The lamps are Martha Stewart (Everyday) from Kmart."
Source AZ Republic
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