Adding a Family Space - the Farrington Home
The Farrington Home
The Farrington home was originally built in the 1940’s and was remodeled in the 1990’s. The home was function, but not designed for the family to live in. There was no eating area for family dinners and the laundry room that was also used as a mudroom, was located just off
the kitchen – very inconvenient! In addition to the laundry, there was more unused space. An extra bedroom behind a fireplace was never used and interrupted the flow of the home.
The family wanted to create a space where they could spend time as a family. They requested an eating area and a patio door to the backyard, better office and kitchen space, and to recapture the space from the unused bedroom. There was so much area to work with, but we needed to figure out a way to make everything flow smoothly.
Our goal is always to turn a house into a useable, home that is customized to the family’s needs. We were able to do that with the Farrington’s home by looking at the space in a whole new way. We figured out that we would be able to take out the wall behind the fireplace and reface the fireplace to create a family playroom from the bedroom.
Creating an eating space for the family required relocating the existing furnace to the garage and raising the floor in the mudroom. Off of the eating area we added a patio door so that the eating space can flow to the patio. Extra storage was built into a bench that can be used for family meals.
To see more of the transformation, please join us for an open house to display the new home. November 19th from 3 to 5. Please call (206) 824 – 8001 for the address.