KITCHEN / FAMILY ROOM ADDITION
The house, built in the 1930's, had all you could want...outside. The grounds are park like, with a secluded rear yard, stately mature shade trees, and a profusion of flowering and specimen shrubbery. The inside was a different story. The kitchen was barely large enough for one person to work in! And the attached screened porch, the roof of which leaked like a sieve, blocked all natural light from the kitchen.

Once the porch was taken down, we constructed the entire exterior of the new addition before breaking through to the existing house. To minimize the inconvenience to the homeowners, we wanted to get as much construction done before dismantling the existing kitchen.

The new kitchen actually extends into the old part of the house, even though it appears to be at one with the new addition. The area that was once the cramped, darkened kitchen, dining area, and hallway, has been transformed into a spacious and attractive work center with loads of storage area. The layout of this galley kitchen makes preparation, cooking, and cleanup a cook's dream.

Bright, dappled sunlight now floods through three walls of windows in the sitting area and filters into the kitchen area, and the cathedral ceiling gives expansiveness to the room. A bank of cabinets built into the alcove houses a complete entertainment center. White oak flooring extends throughout the kitchen and sitting area to match the rest of the house and provide continuity.

Design by Cox-Evans Architects