Located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, Westlake Meadows is a collection of fourteen identical apartment buildings first constructed in the 1980’s. In need of a refurbishment due to years of weathering, we were brought in to reposition the community and give it a new look. Recladding the exterior of the residential apartments, we worked alongside a responsive team of contractors to identify and address issues as they appeared. What started out as an aesthetic upgrade quickly became an effort to repair years of water damage after rotting wood from leaky windows were discovered. Once the cedar siding was replaced and waterproofed, the dated, 80s Post-Modern windows were swapped out, and a new color scheme was selected. Updating the character of the community to something more contemporary, we embraced an elevated modern farmhouse aesthetic; A sleek color palette of black, white, and grey varies from building to building to help with differentiation, breaking the buildings up in a simple way. The central community hub, containing the leasing office, clubhouse, and pool, underwent a similar upgrade. In addition to a new paint job and updated cedar lap siding, the roof was extended out over the entrance by four feet, supported by a new wood truss structure. A hanging carriage light was added to underscore the modern farmhouse aesthetic (connecting the clubhouse to the updated residential buildings), and stone cladding was added to support columns, carrying throughout the building. Working around resident schedules and coordinating with contractors to solve the problems that cropped up on the job site, we quickly delivered a successful project that transformed the Westlake Meadows Apartments community. It was an effort limited in what we could touch and governed by cost, but we brought an impact that no other firm could.