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Open kitchen and dining area with a sculptural chandelier over a wood trestle table, a charcoal island with spindle stools and light gray shaker cabinets in Winchester, MA
Winchester, MA

Winchester Open Kitchen and Dining Remodel

About 520 sq ft
Kitchen and dining opened into one room
1 steel beam
Flush-framed at the old rear wall
About 4 months
Construction, May to August 2024

The project

A past client in Winchester sent this family our way. Their kitchen sat in the original house, closed off from a large rear addition with a wall of tall windows, and they wanted one open space for cooking, eating and the kids' crafts.

We explored several layouts in 3D, from two islands to a curved island, before settling on one long island with a farmhouse sink and seating along its length. The kitchen now runs into the old addition, the big windows stayed, and the dining table sits in front of them. Tall cabinets beside the table hold the craft supplies, with open shelves above, and we filled in a curved wall at the dining room.

The key move was the wall where the old house met the addition. It carried load, so we planned a steel beam framed flush into the floor above, with posts carried down to the foundation. New oak floors run through the whole space, about 520 square feet, and tie the original house and the addition together.

What's included

Kitchen

Add-ons

Steel beam openingFloating wood shelvesWine coolerWall ovensNew oak floors

Before and after

Before: Rear addition: the old desk and craft wall became tall pantry cabinets with a stone counter and floating shelves.BEFORE
After: Rear addition: the old desk and craft wall became tall pantry cabinets with a stone counter and floating shelves.AFTER
Rear addition: the old desk and craft wall became tall pantry cabinets with a stone counter and floating shelves.
Before: Kitchen: the closed L-shaped oak kitchen with a pass-through opened up around a long charcoal island with a farmhouse sink.BEFORE
After: Kitchen: the closed L-shaped oak kitchen with a pass-through opened up around a long charcoal island with a farmhouse sink.AFTER
Kitchen: the closed L-shaped oak kitchen with a pass-through opened up around a long charcoal island with a farmhouse sink.

The floor plan, before and after

Existing first floor plan
Existing first floor: the kitchen closed off from the rear addition
New first floor plan
New first floor: one open kitchen and dining room on a flush beam
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Finishes we used

Cabinets
Kitchen perimeter cabinets: Schrock Trademark, Ingalis maple square door, full overlay, flat 5-piece narrow-rail drawer fronts, painted Icy Avalanche, Shaker starter moulding and small crown, tall pantry utility cabinets with roll-outs, double wall-oven cabinet, pull-out base pantry; Kitchen island: Schrock Trademark, Ingalis maple square door, flat 5-piece narrow-rail drawer fronts, painted Maritime, 36in sink base, wastebasket pull-out, wood back panel and baseboard.
Counters
Super White, 3cm, straight polished edge, undermount sink.
Backsplash
Honed dolomite 5-inch hexagon tile
Appliances
Range: Wolf 36in Professional induction range; Wall oven: Wolf 30in M Series Professional built-in single oven; Speed oven: Wolf 30in M Series Professional speed oven; Refrigerator: Sub-Zero 42in Classic French door refrigerator/freezer with internal dispenser; Range hood: 36in stainless steel pro-style wall hood, 1200 CFM, baffle filters.
Plumbing fixtures
Kitchen sink: Kohler Tempered 36in enameled cast iron farmhouse workstation sink, White; Kitchen faucet: Kohler Edalyn by Studio McGee pull-down kitchen faucet, Matte Black, with matching air switch and disposal flange; InSinkErator Badger 5XP disposal.
Floors
New 2 1/4-inch solid oak, woven into the existing floors and finished with oil-based polyurethane
Shelving
Floating wood shelves at the pantry wall and beside the refrigerator
Projects like this
Kitchen opened to adjoining rooms, 16 projects we built 2020–2025
$130k–$225k
Typical range (middle half of jobs), change orders included. Your price is set in a fixed-price agreement before work starts and changes only if you change the job.
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Questions about this project

How did the kitchen open to the dining room?

We removed the wall between them and flush-framed a steel beam at the old rear wall of the house, with posts carried down to the foundation, so the kitchen and dining area became one room of about 520 square feet.

What is in the new kitchen?

An island with a farmhouse sink and seating, a built-in refrigerator, two wall ovens, an electric range with a vented hood, a wine cooler, and tall pantry cabinets with floating shelves.

How long did construction take?

About four months, from early May to late August 2024.

What do projects like this cost?

Kitchens opened to adjoining rooms that we built from 2020 to 2025 typically ran $130k to $225k. Your price is set in a fixed-price agreement before work starts.

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