QUEEN ANNE CRAFTSMAN RENOVATION

FAMILY HOME RENOVATION & ADDITION — Seattle modern architect — QUEEN ANNE CRAFTSMAN — GREEN DESIGN

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

This century-old Queen Anne craftsman home, originally built in 1912, needed to keep up with evolving family needs. The team knew the homeowners appreciated how modern, open-plan homes function and understood the need to be protective of the remarkable, historic home.

The addition and reorganization of space included a modern kitchen, family room, and entrance from the backyard and garage. The new rooms, designed with a bank of custom Kolbe windows and doors that mimic the original windows throughout the rest of the home, create a sunroom effect. The open kitchen visually connects to the family room—one can cook at the stove and talk to those hanging out in the family room just a few feet away. A generous island, with Paperstone counters, provides plenty of storage, a place to prepare food, and a casual eat-in space. The beverage station is set next to the archway found during the renovation, connecting to the dining room. A strategically placed “mom door” out of the kitchen is a secondary exit to the gardens with the door matching the windowpanes and mullions.

The space feels like a sunroom that has always been there. Painstakingly reproduced corbels and ledges around doors and windows match the original details of the home. Reclaimed wood from the old ceiling was fashioned into a window seat and open shelves in the kitchen, a bench for the back entry, and bathroom shelving.

Outside, the multi-level deck creates zones for eating and lounging, and access to the garage and gardens. A new back entry creates a tie-in from the garage to a drop zone where everything has its place. The tiled area is low maintenance and custom built-ins conceal gear storage and holds a mini office. The new bathroom and modified bedroom on the main level accommodate a current office and a plan for aging parents.

Upstairs, a new bedroom dormer addition matches the original front-of-the-house dormer, and the windows line up with the new kitchen and family room windows below. An updated bath takes advantage of the original craftsman architecture with a freestanding tub centered under the window.

“We talk often about how lucky we were to have Forrest and CAST, as we feel they really listened and worked with us to get each of the spaces just right for our lives. The kitchen/mudroom hall/family room space are literally perfect. We spend so much time in them, and the kitchen especially just feels like an outside room, which is what we were hoping for. The mudroom functions perfectly to contain the school/sports clutter and acts as a wonderful place to transition from outside to home while still being able to feel part of dinner prep or whatever else is going on. All of the detail they put into the project makes it fit seamlessly into our older home. We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome!”
-- homeowner

Green Design: Reuse/renovation - captured embodied carbon in existing construction, hydronic heating system uses solar to preheat water, reducing load on the heating system, solar array, reuse/renovation

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