Virginia and Tim Lyda have lived in their Shavano Park home since 1999 and, over the past few years, they’ve redone it room by room, all under the auspices of designer Mary Beth Edgerton and builder Peter Stainken.
“My marching orders were to make the house look like Virginia,” Edgerton said. “Now, what does that mean? Well, Virginia likes traditional, but with a twist. She likes color, but not a saturation of color. And she likes to be current, but she also wants a look that will stand the test of time.”
The results are apparent as soon as one enters the front door of the five-bedroom, 5½-bath house.
First, there’s the two-story atrium that rises almost 20 feet. Crossing that is the overhead catwalk, which the family calls “the bridge,” running from one upstairs wing of the house to the other. And beyond that is the living room, with two levels of soaring windows overlooking the parklike backyard, complete with pool, fire pit, and pickleball court…