with Basement Bonus Room Below
Homeowner’s Objective: To Have a More Functional and Modern Kitchen, Plus Open Up the Breakfast Area to the Kitchen and Family Room for Better Circulation

Project Overview: This homeowner needed an updated and larger kitchen with more storage space. She also wanted to have a larger casual eating area in close proximity to the kitchen. Lastly, with two young sons, she wanted to have a larger informal family room and study near the kitchen so that they didn’t always have to go to the basement to play or to their rooms to do homework. She also needed a mudroom to help with the transition from the garage to the living area. Making use of the space below the new addition was desirable to make room for a pool table. Lastly, central in the homeowner’s mind was that she didn’t want the addition to look like an “addition”, inside or out.

Bowers Design Build redesigned the kitchen making it more functional. We moved the laundry closet out of the kitchen and replaced it with a pantry to provide more storage. We then created a new transitional space between the kitchen and the garage. This new space accommodates a mudroom/laundry area, an extra refrigerator and more shelf storage and cubbies for bulk items and sports equipment.

We then added a new breakfast room and family room. The former family room was converted to the study and part of the mudroom.

To make the project seem even more seamless with the existing house, we removed the wall in the central hall and moved it over several feet and relocated the hall powder room. This made the foyer seem more spacious and aided in the transition from the foyer to the new living space.

Multiple ceiling heights, angled walls, and lots of windows make this project beautiful. The client is very happy and is pleased when guests just can’t believe that her old house is now totally transformed.

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