About us

It all began almost two decades ago with our first rental in our college town. Each week we'd try to squeeze up to forty college students into our tiny space for a meal...so when we went to purchase our very first home, we knew from the moment we walked in that a few walls would have to go to make the gathering areas more expansive. Charlie's architectural education and structural knowledge teamed with Kirby's compulsive desire to 'tear down all the walls' to create larger gathering spaces laid the foundation for a dream that would be deferred for the next decade. Over the years, we’d go on to design and execute top-to-bottom remodels on our own homes in our spare time of raising and homeschooling four children while working in other professions.

A few years into our own remodels, friends began asking us to design and remodel their homes on the side. From kitchens and bathrooms to whole-house remodels or additions, we'd rework the footprint to help bring form and function to their spaces. In 2016, after an unexpected job loss with a startup company and without the security of a paycheck, we finally took the leap of faith to start doing what we loved and had only dreamed of full-time…and Gathered House was born.

Kirby is the dreamer and visionary who has the ability to see the potential each space holds and how it may best function, but it’s Charlie’s background in architecture and artisan craftsmanship that brings it all to life. We believe the home to be the birthing ground for true connection and that families are better built when they're surrounded by community. Our hope is that you'll gather your people together often and create a liftetime of memories in the homes we build together.