Priorities
- Completely renovate the existing interior
- Create an addition sensitive to the original design
- Expand the basement area to include family-friendly amenities
Solutions
A family’s 1920s-era two-story Colonial home was starting to feel cramped, and while an addition seemed like the ideal solution, the homeowners decided to modernize the existing structure as well.
The original house was comprised of various small-to-midsize rooms accessed from a central hallway. The 3,200-square-foot addition saw the entire home evolve as the design’s open plan transformed the home’s first floor. The flow of the spaces is now much more organic: The kitchen opens into the breakfast room and the family room, which flows into the dining room and into the front foyer. Gone are the segmented spaces and hallway.
The basement was transformed from a simple storage area into play spaces for both children and adults. In addition to two playrooms and a rec room for the kids, there is also an exercise room and a wine room for the parents. A kitchenette, two bathrooms, and ample storage complete the basement’s transformation.
Judges’ comments
“It stands out as sensitive to the original very traditional house while empowering it. The plan, the spaces, and the details resonate much the same; the design is appropriate to the original while creating something better than its parts.” —Mark A. Newman, senior editor, REMODELING.
Spec List
Bathroom plumbing fittings & fixtures: Kohler
Bathroom cabinets: Stephen E. Buick Carpentry
Countertops: Wash Marble/Granite
Dishwasher: Mason, IE
Flooring: Cherokee
Garage doors: Carriage House
Hardware: Integrity
HVAC: Carrier
Kitchen cabinets: Quality Cabinets
Kitchen plumbing fittings: Perrin & Rowe; Whitehouse Collection
Lighting fixtures: Lightolier
Paints/stains: Benjamin Moore
Range: Viking
Refrigerator: Sub-Zero
Siding: CertainTeed
Windows: Pella Architect Series
