Entry Before and After We have worked on many projects in our old home. They have included a new kitchen, mudroom, kid's bedroom, master bath addition, and a new porch to name a few. Every one of them has improved our old home and made it a better place to live. I am occasionally asked by our clients if the addition or renovation we are asked to design will pay for itself when the house is sold. I [...]
Low Ceilings After Low Ceilings Before We are often asked how to deal with existing low ceilings in a home. This is one of my favorite blogs on the subject: Homes built before the advent of efficient heating systems and proper insulation often used fireplaces both as a source of heat and a place to cook. Lower ceilings and smaller rooms were much easier to heat with fireplaces, therefore many period farmhouses were built with a [...]
Kitchen After Kitchen Before Homes built before the advent of efficient heating systems and proper insulation often used fireplaces both as a source of heat and a place to cook. Lower ceilings and smaller rooms were much easier to heat with fireplaces, therefore many period farmhouses were built with a seven-foot or so ceiling height. Today, we can increase the insulation, install state of the art mechanical systems in these wonderful old homes, but we cannot [...]
