Couple's Katy home is designed to be family-friendly - Chron.com
Amanda and Joe Boyle had big expectations when they built their Katy home: It had to be both elegant and indestructible. The Boyles have a 5-year-old daughter, a 2½-year-old son and a 10-year-old Labradoodle named Gus. That "marker girl" phase made Davis find ways to accommodate the unavoidable spills and messes of life with young children. In the Boyles' home, which was finished last year, the family spends time together in several spaces, both upstairs and down. "We're all over, really, and that's what I really like about this house," Amanda Boyle says. That means several rooms needed durable furniture, stain-resistant textiles and an easy way to hide clutter. More stain-resistant carpet lines the main staircase and covers the floor in the playroom and the upstairs game room. Built-ins abound too, so the children's toys can be tucked out of sight and don't litter the floor. Even the home's mud room has cabinets to hide the jackets and nap mats, backpacks and shoes that collect as the kids come and go. "That's one thing in our old house my husband hated," Boyle says. Source: www.chron.com
