Transform a small, inefficient galley kitchen into a more spacious kitchen with an island and up-to-date appliances.while respecting the home’s Tudor architecture.

Create additional kitchen space without expanding the home’s existing footprint or changing the exterior.

Add storage and create a small home office outside of the main kitchen area.

Careful analysis of the home’s existing structure and utilities showed how the original kitchen layout had been driven by poor placement of walls and plumbing lines and a basement stairway opening that took up more space than necessary.

Accordingly, we reconfigured the space taken up by the kitchen and breakfast nook, a mudroom, and a small bedroom by:

• Adding a steel beam to remove a section of wall near the back door to open up enough space for an island.
• Reworking an existing plumbing chase and basement stairway framing to create new space for the refrigerator.
• Gutting the existing kitchen and redirecting all wiring and plumbing to support an efficient layout.
• Turning an adjoining mudroom into additional storage.
• Changing a small adjacent bedroom into a home office.

Finishes and fixtures all harmonize with the home’s 1920s stucco Tudor architecture. All appliances are state of the art: Wolfe gas range, Sub Zero refrigerator, etc.