Bungalow Update Remodeling House Ideas 05

Remodeling House Ideas : Bungalow Update Remodeling House Ideas 05

The architects went to work designing a 660-square-foot extension: On the main floor, they added a family room, and expanded a bedroom and the kitchen to include a breakfast area; on the second floor, they created a spacious new master bedroom. They also notched out a gracious back porch, with railings that mimicked those at the front of the house.

“The house has enough details to be categorized an Arts and Crafts structure,” says Paredes, “so the clients’ first goal was to emphasize those aspects.” In the kitchen and family room, wall and pendant fixtures reflecting the style were installed, and period wood trim throughout the house was repaired and freshened. As would have been done in Arts and Crafts–style homes of the early 20th century, two square columns were installed in the new wing to make the breakfast area feel separate.

Jim and Michael, who like to cook and entertain, knew that even with a new addition, kitchen space would be limited, so they sought help from kitchen designer Ned Spenadel, of Home Supply & Lumber Center in Hawthorne, New Jersey. He designed the custom cherry cabinets and bilevel peninsula. A downstairs bedroom, once used as a den, became a guest room, and the powder room was torn out and doubled in size to become a full bath. Upstairs, one bedroom and part of the new addition morphed into a 12-by-34-foot master suite, with views overlooking the backyard garden and pond.

New white oak flooring throughout, except for the tiled rooms, knit new and old spaces together seamlessly. “Everything looks as though it was always there,” said Grube. “And that’s just what the owners intended.”