Lexington Two-Story Addition and Kitchen

This roughly 90-year-old colonial had a small one-story wing on the side and a first floor that was split into a separate kitchen, living room, dining room and family room. The plan was to add space upstairs and open up the first floor.

We drew the existing house first, then designed a two-story addition at the side of the house with a new primary bedroom and bath upstairs, plus a small sunroom bump-out off the back on a new block foundation. Because the original house sits on a mortared fieldstone foundation, we had a structural engineer inspect it before construction; he confirmed the framing was true and level and the house could carry the addition.

Downstairs, a wall came out so the new living room, dining area and kitchen read as one space. The kitchen got white shaker cabinets, dark stone counters, double wall ovens and a peninsula with seating under glass pendants, and the old painted brick fireplace was refaced in slate tile with a wood mantel. Upstairs, the new bath has a white double vanity with a marble top and a glass-enclosed subway tile shower. Oak floors tie the rooms together.