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This
small addition replaced a bay window that the family had been squeezing into
as a breakfast room. Their kitchen had doors and walls dividing it from the
dining and family rooms that flanked it, and it was tight and cut off. There
was not enough room to eat and not enough room for storage. In addition, there
was one unused wall on the family room side that was wasted space. The entire
room needed to be reconfigured to fit better into the space, and they needed
to have a larger area to eat. We created the breakfast addition and removed
part of the wall to the family room, opening the two rooms to each other and
eliminating the door and narrow doorway. In its place, we put a serving counter
that can be used as a bar, with a seating counter at bar height in the family
room. The addition also made room for a larger island, to help with food preparation,
as well as a desk area for the kids to do homework. The addition feels much
larger than it really is, because of how much better the space is being utilized
in the kitchen now. We also installed cabinets up to the ceiling for additional
storage. |
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