Transforming a 1920's Tangletown Home from the Kitchen to Upper Bath

REMODEL DETAILS

2 Decades and 3 Kids Later

As many remodels begin, the owners of this 3-level Colonial were looking to make some changes in a home they loved. Our clients lived in the home for 20 years, raised 3 children there, and were ready to address some serious functional and maintenance concerns throughout the residence. For these homeowners, two key changes would be needed to make sure this Tangletown house would stay their forever home, including major updates to the closed-off kitchen and a complete overhaul of the cramped upper level bath. Since both rooms were unusually tied in their layout and maintenance needs, White Crane designers crafted solutions that worked for both floors. Features like the sunken jacuzzi in the upper bathroom created layout issues in the entire room on top of low soffits and water issues in the kitchen below. Our designers aimed to rethink the older 1980s remodel and infuse tasteful selections throughout the Tangletown home.

BEFORE | A soffit adjacent to the rear entry of the home encapsulates a sunken jacuzzi tub in the bathroom above and must be removed alongside the nearby column. The exclusion of these elements will open the plan and ease maneuverability throughout the kitchen.

BEFORE | The banquette in the kitchen provided informal seating for the family of 5 but left less space for the kitchen. In considering how our clients wished to use their home with their children already grown, removing the eating nook in favor of more kitchen surfaces became an ideal solution.

BEFORE | By removing much of the wall separating the kitchen from the dining room, the entire main floor will feel united and open.

Project Objective

2o years into home ownership and our clients still wanted to make this Tangletown house into their forever home. For our clients to stay in the home for years to come, we needed to transform their main level with a thoughtfully reconfigured kitchen, address much needed repairs, and reconfigure an upper level bathroom.

Project Details

Project Type: Main Level Kitchen and Upper Bath Remodel
Style of Home: 3 level Colonial
Year Built: 1920s
Project construction will take approximately 14 weeks to complete.

Unique Challenges of the Remodel

Soffits throughout the existing kitchen disguising the dropped tub above would need to be removed to create a more cohesive and seamless layout.
Opening the kitchen to the rest of the main level requires the removal of a centrally located kitchen column by re-engineering the floor system from above and relocating the main plumbing stack.
Our selections sought to join new updates while renewing 1920s details removed during a 1980’s remodel.
Repairing and patching Stucco would need to be considered because of relocated windows on multiple levels.