Large, centrally located, well-appointed kitchens and bathrooms are a relatively recent addition to the list of amenities required of single-family residential architecture.
Many fine older homes, lovely in almost every way – lack a modern kitchen and dining space that can transform older properties into perfect living environments.
A Growing Family Ready for an Upgrade
Our clients, both medical professionals with young children, purchased and renovated one such home. Their renovation efforts, however, did not originally include a new kitchen for budgetary reasons. Now they were ready to make the necessary investment in a new kitchen/great room.
Working Within a Historic Craftsman Proper
A sturdy, early 20th century Craftsman style bungalow located in Seattle, the house was situated on a relatively large lot – making the addition of a modern, efficient and attractive country-kitchen possible without having to plead for an exemption to the Zoning Board of the community. The new addition took over a small portion of the back yard – allowing us to design direct interior access to the existing garage/workshop space. Two birds with one stone.
Creating a Functional, Light-Filled Kitchen Addition
Our firm’s project history has included many kitchen additions, kitchen renovations and, of course, kitchens for new homes we designed. We learned there are several important considerations to keep in mind: plenty of storage, plenty of counter space, plenty of circulation space, plenty of natural lighting and an efficient arrangement of the kitchen appliances. In addition, a generous informal dining area is always welcome – especially if it can be connected to an outdoor grilling and dining area too – as we were able to provide in this project. The end result was a marriage of dramatic, wood ornamented architectural form that encased an energy efficient, light-filled, detail-rich interior space.
