Expanding a Kitchen into a Great Room
1960s ranch home in Crestwood. With the kids off to college, they wanted to make the home more inviting and have amenities they’d always longed for. Like an open kitchen with a breakfast nook with fireplace. Loving the area, they plan to stay in the home for the longterm, so why not transform a home that served them well into the home they always wanted?
To get a large master bathroom with laundry room AND a fireplace in a kitchen seating area, a room addition on the rear of the home creates the extra space. To get the free-flowing open floor plan of the public rooms, walls were removed.
This created a giant canvas on which to paint a new kitchen! Across from a wall of ovens and pantry is an L-shaped cooking station, with bar seating on the dining side so everyone stays in the picture. And to keep everyone happy while staying clear of cooking, a beverage bar with sink, refrigerator and glass-front cabinets fills the opposite end of the kitchen.
In the corner of the kitchen and dining area is now a wood burning stove nestled into a cultured stone hearth and walls. Plop down in the two easy chairs to warm yourself by the fire, or spread out at the dining table, or sidle up to the bar… the kitchen area is now a great room that accommodates the needs of many people at one time. And it’s gorgeous!
Toby Weiss for Mosby Building Arts
Jane/chuck’s