Farmhouse Transformed

- A pocket door to the bathroom saves space with no door swing to accommodate.
- We bumped out the wall for the bathroom in order to fit the laundry and shower.
- Now the kitchen communicates with the rest of the downstairs.
- The new window shows allows everyone to enjoy views of the river bend and pond.
- Some of the priorities included keeping the flow open and improving the lighting with undercabinet lights, recessed lights, and pendants over the peninsula.
- Opening up the kitchen involved removing the chimney and storage closet, as well as moving the wall dividing the kitchen and bathroom.
- The kitchen is now opened up to the rest of the house, and especially the views of the river bend and pond.
- This base cabinet offers exceptional storage. cabinet
- Large drawers provide convenient storage for cookware and mixing bowls.
- Vacuum and broom closet keep cleaning supplies handy.
- Framing for the new kitchen window hid most of the waste pipes.
- Builder Tom Archambault did extensive work to straighten the walls of the old farmhouse.
- Tom Archambault prepared the joists for a much flatter ceiling.
- Framing the new 6′ window and furring out the walls in the dining area.
- Before the kitchen was divided from the dining area and views by an obsolete chimney and storage closet.
- Changing the layout allowed a bigger window at the sink.
- The bathroom entry in the kitchen limited the storage and counter space.
- We hid the pipes from a previous upstairs remodel in the new wall and behind a kitchen cabinet front.