remodeler Ballard - kitchen remodel seattle

kitchen & powder room & mudroom remodel

An early 1900s Ballard bungalow has had more than its share of remodels, and not all with stellar outcomes. The original kitchen folded into what must have been a service porch and ended at an added powder room--all with slightly different floor and ceiling levels. The plan was to make everything plane out and modernize the kitchen and bath while keeping the aesthetic of the original home. Completed 2013.

Designer: Maureen Gaines

project features

Switching doors and windows on East wall
Creating a peninsula at the kitchen/dining room wall
A new mudroom area

project photos

Click on the thumbnails to read the story of this kitchen remodel.

The changes--some subtle and some more significant--have made all of the spaces more functional. Replacing a window in the kitchen with a door makes access to the back yard easier. Deleting the other door means a window is now visible from the dining room instead

The previous layout suffered from infrastructure problems, which we were able to solve as well. A duct to the second floor protruded into the room, so we concealed it in the wall. The floor system was poorly constructed and too low in the mudroom area, so we rebuilt it to the right level

Before

On demolition, we also found many surprises, from old clerestory windows that had been covered over in the wall, to the old porch roof entombed in the ceiling

We also uncovered some ancient newspapers in the walls and floor. See a TV interview with one our staff carpenters about that on our Awards and Press page

The finished spaces show all the problems solved. A new peninsula opens up the dining room to the kitchen, new wood flooring planes out with adjacent wood flooring, and the diagonal wall is gone from the mudroom

The changes at the mudroom also allow for plenty of room for circulation from one room to the next, and tie in the spaces seamlessly

That wide hall now has enough space for a built-in-place mudroom bench and cubbies

The reconfigured bath includes a pocket door in a new location rather than the old swing door, since space was so tight

Before

Tucked just off the dining room, it provides privacy and features hex tile floors that lend a traditional feel to this remodeled space

The new range and exhaust hood provide modern convenience, set off by subtle quartz counters by Pental. The range is also a huge improvement over the previous range, which sat by itself on an adjacent wall, blocking the flow of traffic. Brightly painted walls bring a pop of color to this otherwise neutral space

The finished rooms are functional and beautiful, and correct many of the previous remodels' follies. Now this growing family can get on with enjoying their home

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