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Historic Remodel

Montclair, Denver

Historic Remodel

Montclair, Denver

2009 C.A.R.E. Award Winner

The problems:

Our client loved her 19th century vintage home, but the existing kitchen & dining room were closed off from each other so they felt cramped. The second floor had an unusable quasi-bedroom space between the sitting room and office. Although the house had a reasonable amount of square footage, it felt dark and constricted to our client.

The objectives:

Create a more spacious feeling on the first and second floor.
Combine the kitchen, dining room & hallway into a more unified space.
Blend the historic character of the dining space with the more modern looking kitchen.
Update and improve the layout of the second floor spaces.
Add closets and relocate washer and dryer to the second floor.

The solutions:

Remove the load-bearing brick, chimney & fireplace wall between the dining room & kitchen.
Install an island with wine cooler & microwave for dining, serving and entertaining.
New posts and beams trimmed to blend the new with the historic while concealing utilities.
Vault the ceilings in the new sitting room & bedroom, creating more spacious feeling rooms.
Reconfigure walls to create two larger, mirrored, closets in the bedroom.
Open up the sitting room and stairwell by replacing a wall with a low bookcase & post.
Add a washer/dryer closet at the second floor hallway.
Patch and refinish fir flooring to brighten and “shine” up the floors.

The results:

The kitchen and dining room are visually integrated, well loved, and well used.
The new interior trim and casework matched the original century old woodwork.
The combination of new and refinished wood floors creates a vintage yet warm & updated look.
Overall a more open and better lit interior, while keeping the home’s historic flavor.
The new laundry closet is more convenient and located closer to the master bed & bath.