This house was in the perfect location for this family.  They didn’t want to move, but the house was just too cramped for the 5-person family and a live-in parent.  The stairs cut the house right through the middle restricting flow and preventing connection between the kitchen and living room.  Laundry was in a wet corner of the basement, and the kitchen was a fight for space for these foodies.

By moving the stairs to the side of the home and pushing out the back a mere 8’, the total floor space was more than doubled.  The living, dining and kitchen areas were all visually connected, with a pantry, mudroom and laundry close by.  The family’s bedrooms are all upstairs together now, with bright, sunlit rooms and ample storage. 

• A relocated stair column that is filled with light
• A covered porch out back that is ready to be converted to a screened porch
• Outlets in the lockers work as charging stations
• Deep full extension drawers in the kitchen to store all the cookware
• River white granite in the kitchen
• Lower drawers under the vanity sinks exponentially increase bathroom storage
• Quarried stone mantle in the living room
• Wall paint color- Silver Fox from Benjamin Moore

 

Interesting detail:  Because of the extensive re-work, the only thing still remaining of the original house was the first floor framing and the front wall.  From there the new structure was created.