Kitchen Remodel + Home Addition

Suburban Kitchen Addition Built for Family Gatherings

Signature Features

Expanded kitchen & home addition
Large island
Custom hood, backsplash, and farmhouse sink

Key Challenges

Opening into rear of home
Steel support beam
Plumbing, mechanical, and finish work

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Expanding the Home Around Family Gatherings

This project started with a clear family goal.

The homeowners wanted more space to gather for meals, holidays, and important family events. With a large and growing family, the existing kitchen and main level did not provide the room or flow they needed.

To solve that, we added onto the rear of the home, expanding the kitchen and reworking the main level around connection, movement, and shared use.

What the space needed to support:

Larger family meals and celebrations
Comfortable traffic flow around the kitchen
Multiple seating areas for different gathering sizes
A kitchen that works for both daily routines and bigger events

The project was about more than adding square footage. It was about making the main level work for how the family actually spends time together.

A Kitchen Island Designed for Movement

The large island is the center of the finished kitchen.

It gives the family space to prepare meals, gather, and serve food during larger events. Just as important, the layout allows people to move around the island comfortably instead of creating a bottleneck.

During gatherings, the island can function like a buffet while still leaving room for people to sit, pass through, and stay connected to the rest of the kitchen.

Key island and layout details include:

Open circulation on multiple sides of the island
Serving space for large family meals
Connection to nearby seating areas
Clear sightlines across the expanded main level

Built-In Seating That Makes the Space Work Better

Multiple seating areas help the kitchen serve different uses at once.

Built-in bench seating adds a custom element while making efficient use of space. It gives the family another place to gather without relying only on loose furniture.

The built-ins also tie into the finish direction of the room, with custom woodwork coordinated to match the hardwood floors and overall kitchen design.

Structural Work Behind the Open Layout

Creating the expanded kitchen required more than new cabinets and finishes.

The rear wall of the existing home had to be opened so the original kitchen could connect into the new addition. That meant cutting into load-bearing walls and engineering the additional space with a structural steel beam.

This work is what allowed the kitchen to feel open and connected while still giving the home the support it needed.

Details That Finish the Kitchen

The finished kitchen balances function with custom detail.

A custom wood hood adds warmth and ties into the built-in bench seat and hardwood flooring. The tile backsplash and pot filler create a strong focal point over the range, while the large stainless steel farmhouse sink supports daily use and cleanup.

These details give the space character without taking away from its practical purpose.

Built With Intention, Designed To Be Used

Key elements of this project include:

Rear addition that expanded the kitchen and main level
Structural steel beam supporting the new open layout
Large island designed for serving, seating, and circulation
Multiple seating areas, including built-in bench seating
Custom kitchen finishes that bring warmth and function together

The finished space gives the family more room to gather, move, cook, and celebrate without feeling crowded.

It is a kitchen designed around the way the family actually uses the home.

Projects like this are really about getting the layout right.

The family needed more room, but just adding space would not have solved the problem on its own. The kitchen had to open up, the traffic flow had to work, and the structure had to be handled correctly.

A few things stand out:

Opening the existing home into the new addition
Engineering the steel beam to support the expanded layout
Designing the island so people can move around it during gatherings
Tying the custom woodwork into the rest of the kitchen

When those pieces come together, the space does what it was built to do.

– Matt Simones, Owner

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