Brave Heart

Almost any size of home renovation project is a major undertaking. Aside from the expense, it can be enormously stressful and time consuming. These situations can be alleviated by careful planning and a LOT of patience...

Construction has started on one of our most recent design projects, and you have the chance to be in on it from the beginning. The clients came to us to design a new kitchen and mud room from space that was previously the kitchen, pantry and side porch. Here are some before images.

And here is the side porch that is destined to become the mud room.

Here is the porch as it is being enclosed and re-roofed.

And here is what the interior space looks like after demolition.

Yikes! How would you like to come home to that? But, this is to be expected. Opening walls will often reveal structural issues, like what was found here.

This beam will be reinforced, but in the mean time the structure is braced with scaffolding.

Hard to believe that this space will turn into a gorgeous kitchen, but I promise you, it's gonna happen! Just wait and see.