Doing What We Love
Here’s the reason we work to create spaces that look good, work well, and feel good to be in. So that people can take pleasure in their homes doing the things they love!
A Flow of Spaces
The removal of walls opened a sequence of rooms to each other. From this family room we look into the kitchen and on beyond to a dining area. To the right is the side entry to the house and doors to the pantry and basement and a built in hutch at one side of the dining area.
It Doesn’t Take Much
More and more of our projects make the most of existing space by adding a very few additional square feet to the house. In this case the room is extended about six feet to make it all possible. But what a difference those few feet can make!
Open, but Discrete
When opening spaces to each other its important not to let the working functions of one intrude on the ambience of the other. This half wall contains the working kitchen from the family room and entry areas.
A Welcoming, and Functioning Entry
Too many side entries (where everybody enters) are cramped and inhospitable. Here we have daylit space, room to be met and greeted (and say goodbye), a place for the keys and to check messages, and hooks for coats (not seen is a coat closet). Outside the door is a covered area for folks to wait out of the weather.
Let the Outside In
We work to create visual connections with back yards and their landscapes. Here a continuous bank of windows enlarges the feeling of this already ample space, adding daylight and ventilation. The vaulted ceiling and skylights further enhance the openess.
Good Work Surfaces
This long peninsula has a maple top that is an ideal prep area. The suspended upper cabinets provide both function and a defining feature between kitchen and dining area.
A Built In Cutting Board
This kitchen features soapstone counters that compliment the relaxed feel of the room. We constructed a cutting board that fit into the top but is removable for cleanup at the sink. Its front edge is slightly scooped for easily sweeping items into a bowl.
Counter Service
This window opens from the kitchen to an adjacent screen porch. The counter makes it easy to serve in and out.
Tricks with Mirrors
These perpendicular mirrors serve to multiply this miniature bath times four. It also reflects a true image of anyone looking into it (not the normally reversed image we are used to seeing of ourselves – it can be a little disconcerting!).
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A Bedroom Retreat
Here is a sensual bedroom suite to retreat to. Every feature of this cleverly divided space flows together within a single volume of comfort and delight . The only door is the one that invites you to enter.
Front Door on a Lake
How about a house designed for dock appeal! This lake house is all about summer living overlooking Highland Lake in Winsted. The praise this house gets is from the boaters. And for good reason.
A Jewel Box of Texture & Detail
Richness of detail, surprising use of space, thoughtfulness in design at every scale, and a broad but balanced use of fine materials, all executed with exquisite craft make this project a treasure.
A Bath with Wings
This magical Master Suite transformation weds imagination with impeccable craft and the inspired use of rich materials. And yes, that is a TV in the vanity mirror!
A Lot with a Little
A porch, a patio, and all of 150SF of new space completely transformed the life of this home. Featured in the CPTV special "CT's Energy Future" this home shows how to work with what you have.
Mid Century Modernized
Three bathrooms in one of Hartford's rare mid-century modern homes are remodeled with the heart and spirit of that inspired architectural moment.
Farmington Classic Kitchen Suite
Here is a kitchen for living - in the classic style that honors the home's Farmington Village heritage. It is a comfortable place to relax, visit, work, cook, entertain, unwind, and step outside.
Victorian Surprise
This classic Victorian is filled with style and features worthy of preservation. But the kitchen and rear entry missed that attention. Here we sought to balance reverence with renewal.
Light & Openness Nurture Family Life & Personal Health
This project literally changed the personal health and life of a family while adding only a few hundred square feet to the house.
Porches Do Double Duty
The back of this house goes from ordinarily boring to extraordinarily delightful and functional thru the addition of doors leading to these two linked porches and the patio at their center.
