67 www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM Batson worked with archi-tect Michael Kersting to reno-vate the home and brand the exterior look. “I wanted him specifically because I like his style,” Batson says. Exposed I-beams are as much a part of the structural support as they are integral to the look Batson wanted throughout the home. The view from the street front fea-tures a layered roofline. “That was something Kersting came up with,” he says. Building within the home’s existing footprint was something the Town of Wrightsville Beach’s planning department insisted upon, but aesthetically, Batson says, “We wanted to keep as much of the look of the old house as pos-sible. You have to work within a certain set of parameters and be creative within that.” Classic garden elements — like plant-filled urns and a statuary fountain — foil metal schools of pompano fish hang-ing in relief. Ornamental grass plantings outline poured con-crete pavers beneath palm trees. Elsewhere old growth crape myrtles and Leland cypress were preserved.
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