• Growth often occurs in stages, as in the case of this Dutch Colonial style home that underwent two growth spurts a few years apart. Image of house before renovations shown below.
• Phase 1 involved renovation of the existing house, shown here, along with a small addition and wrap around covered porch.
• The first floor bath was relocated to make way for a new breakfast bay addition overlooking the pond, open to this wonderful new kitchen and the family room, to the left of out of view.
• The formal living room borrows light with French doors open to the sun lit gallery space.
• The family room and gallery connector open up to terraced steps that lead out onto the lawn.
• A few years later we designed an extensive wing that includes a living room, office, sun-lit gallery, additional bedrooms and baths, and a two-story octagonal corner turret containing a playroom with a special bedroom above. We balanced the turret with a screened porch gazebo and wraparound porch at the far end of the house.
• This gallery space is illuminated by a combination of three skylights and opposing sets of French doors that lead to the back lawn and the living room. At the end of the hall, a playroom sits at the base of the turret featuring a panoramic view and wonderful breezes through multiple sets of picture and double hung windows.
• Although this house is significantly larger than the original, the overall Dutch Colonial character is maintained and enhanced.