As Though It Had Always Been This Way

More room for daily life

The original rooms were small and enclosed. The remodel enlarged living spaces and updated the kitchen and bathrooms. The primary suite needed its own bathroom and closets sized for the owners’ wardrobes—accommodations the existing arrangement did not provide.

Those changes had to fit within a house whose architectural character was already worth keeping. The sunroom, existing details, and woodwork provided a starting point for designing the new interiors.

Continuing the woodwork

Built-ins and new woodworking details carried the existing character into the remodeled spaces. We used the house’s own details to connect the updated rooms with the original interiors.

Our goal was for someone walking through the finished home to see larger rooms, a useful kitchen, and a complete primary suite without immediately identifying where the remodeling began.

The best remodel prompts a simple response: “Isn’t this how it always was—or how it should have been?”

Showing what changed

The home was featured in a Parade of Homes. For that event, we created the blueprint-style before-and-after exhibit shown here, allowing visitors to compare the original house with the remodeled design.

The drawings make visible the changes we wanted to feel natural in the house itself.