The most ambitious part
of the remodeling process was constructing the new kitchen. The original
kitchen was so small that it became the new laundry room. The new
kitchen in the addition is now four times the size of the original. The
owners wanted a "cathedral ceiling look", but the roof couldn’t be
higher than the rest of the house, which was almost a Cape Cod. The
ceiling beams had to be centered in the vaulted ceiling and not block
the view out the window. No skylight was put in, instead, light comes
through a bumped-out window in the gable. Outside…wood trim was placed
around the windows, and an octagonal window was installed on the upper
level to allow light into the stairwell. What took this job to a new
level were the architectural details and the interior color scheme.
