Kitchen Sitting Area/Sunroom and Screened Porch Addition
(With Basement Addition)

With three college-aged sons, these homeowners wanted to expand the main living area of the home to create a space that would allow the entire family to commune in one general area. In addition, they wanted to have the new indoor space transition smoothly to the outdoors, taking in more views of the backyard. The scope of the project was to enlarge the kitchen, add a new eating area, remove the bottle-neck in the much used hallway to the garage/mud room, and add a sun-room and screened porch overlooking the pool. They also wanted to create and utilize the basement space under the newly created addition for their sons’ music room and den. However, they didn’t want the basement space to be dark and gloomy. All of this new space was to be designed and built as if it were always a part of the original home.

The former kitchen was functional, but lacked the appropriate space and lighting for the level of cooking the homeowner wanted to be able to do.

The rear elevation and yard provided ample room for expansion.

Highlights:
By reconfiguring the kitchen and adding a new eating area the homeowner has the central “hub” needed for his family, as well as, a new gourmet kitchen.

The stairs in the kitchen were relocated so that the new kitchen could accommodate:

• A better work flow.
• A full-wall deluxe beverage center complete with built in Espresso machine.
• A walk-in-pantry able to house bulk food and a whole house audio system.
• A wider, taller and overall more pleasant hallway to the mudroom and garage. The installation of skylights and a full glass door brings in natural light to this space.

The new addition’s exterior blends seamlessly with the existing part of the home. An added bonus is the roof decks over the new spaces that allow the upstairs master suite and guest room to exit to the outdoors via new French doors.

The new courtyard, located outside the new basement space, allows access to a beautifully functional space and a necessary outdoor egress if the homeowner ever chooses to create a basement bedroom. This new basement space was made bright by the installation of full size windows and doors that lead to a beautiful courtyard with access to the rear yard.

Aesthetic Highlights:
The entire project is pleasing to the eye. However, special consideration was made to make the addition seamless with the existing space. The rear exterior design for the eating area incorporates a three-sided hip roof to emulate the existing roof over the Gazebo/Hot Tub area. And, while the new floors remain flush with the existing home, interesting ceilings in the eating area and sunroom add to the visual interest of the project.

Every detail in this project was carefully considered. A few are:

• Custom plant ledges in the new eating area for displays.
• A special recessed nook over the entrance to the garage for displaying art work.
• Custom faux wall painting and hand painted tiles in the kitchen to highlight the overall Tuscan feel.
• Specially designed stained glass doors leading to the new sunroom, tying the different decorating themes together.
• Custom wrought iron railings throughout.
• Custom bead board ceiling in sunroom to accentuate the Southwestern feel.

This Project was the Winner of the Southeastern United States Regional Contractor of the Year Award for Large Additions from the National Association of Remodeling Industry. The Southern Region encompasses the twelve states from Maryland to Florida.

Below are the before and after floor plans that demonstrate the well thought out design and utilization of existing space.