This family room addition to a 1920’s Georgian Colonial features generous windows and French doors opening onto a landscaped terrace. The new family room space is adjacent to an open and spacious kitchen and provides ample area for entertaining guests while cooking as well as a comfortable and serene family space.

On the exterior, the addition features half-round columns and panels beneath the windows to evoke the feel of an enclosed porch. The roof shape and trim moldings draw from the original garden room that was removed for the new addition.

Renovation of the kitchen area included new and additional cabinets and resizing the island to work with the new family room layout. The flat-panel style and dark wood of the new kitchen cabinets chosen by the homeowners create a comfortable balance with the open views on the family room side of the space.

Living/Family Rooms
 

The usability and comfort of a charming family home were improved with the addition of a new mudroom, full bathroom, laundry area and walk-in closet at the back of the existing garage, and expansion of the kitchen and breakfast area.

Stairway opened up, with new finishes, and new mudroom beyond.

Mudroom view toward laundry and bathroom and mudroom view toward kitchen.

Celadon Kitchen view
 

Celadon Family Room view
 

Celadon Family Room Desk corner view
 

A 10′-0″ addition to the back of the garage, and 6′-0″ addition to the kitchen and breakfast area provided the needed space. Careful attention was given to creating new volumes that blend comfortably with the form and proportions of the existing house, at both the interior and exterior.

Giving up an existing hallway adjacent to the garage and back stair allowed space for a new desk and window seat alcove in the family room, and the opening up of the back stair to the breakfast area.

The new mudroom connects the garage, bath/laundry, and breakfast area, with covered back yard access. New windows and a French door give the breakfast area easy access to the back yard as well. The expanded kitchen features a large bank of windows, and an island with a seating area and a bookcase at the end of the island facing the breakfast area. 

Farm House Breakfast Bay adds ease and eat-in space to an existing kitchen and also relieved and enlivened a long straight facade facing the drive.

The clients had a relatively new kitchen that had worked well for them, but the only eat-in space was seating at an island which didn’t work as well for their young children. Adding the Breakfast Bay allowed space for a family table and increased the daylight and views for the kitchen. It also eased the circulation at the bottom of an adjacent stair to the second floor and increased the sense of connection from the kitchen to the family room beyond the stair. 

Farmhouse Breakfast Bay detail with bulkhead door at right
 

At the exterior the new Breakfast Bay is detailed with panel and pilaster trim suggesting an enclosed porch that might have evolved over the years. It sits comfortably between the house and drive replacing a covered stoop that had seemed too small for the expanse of the house and had created confusion about the actual side entry location. The basement bulkhead entrance with a custom wood door cover was reconfigured to tuck in at the end of new bay and blend into the landscaping.