Working in Tuxedo Park is a terrific experience. A little like Newport, or parts of Long Island, or even areas of Los Angeles, the village of Tuxedo Park is a museum for architectural styles. Its heyday was between 1890 and 1930. There are houses by all the great New York firms. Warren and Wetmore, Delano and Aldrich, McKim, Mead and White. Built in 1900 and attached to one of the large, early mansions on the west side of the main lake, our house was originally a garage. A conversion during the last fifty years added living spaces, but failed to insulate, replace windows, or optimally configure the building. The owner we encountered, though friendly and full of affection for the setting, was fed up with the house. Our task was to complete the garage conversion started a half century ago, creating a space for modern living via new equipment and improvements to the plan. We presented a project to the sympathetic village Board of Architectural Review that added no area and made no changes to the exterior appearance of the house. Inside, however, we gained a bedroom and one and a half baths, opening the living room to the kitchen and making our country getaway a perfect place to host family and friends.