My client, Erin, was kind enough to share photos of her recently completed home makeover. I originally began working with Erin and her husband Jeff in 2014. They purchased their home years ago as a spec home but were ready to make an investment to turn it into their "forever home".
Their first idea was to build an addition to the front of the house in order to expand the kitchen and dining area, (see "Lancaster Addition" post on 5/18/14) however they were not able to get a variance to extend the house into the front setback.
Next we looked at expanding the house upward, adding a second story and moving most of the bedrooms upstairs. That was going to result in a much larger addition and a much bigger deal, since it meant taking off the existing roof.
The final concept was to add on to the side of the house, moving the guest bedrooms to the addition so that the kitchen, dining room and entry could expand into the former bedrooms. This is the idea that was actually constructed.
The result is a home that has gone from a plain Jane spec house to a spacious Craftsman-style home. Erin did an excellent job of bringing the Craftsman theme throughout the added and remodeled areas. Erin's vision was expertly carried out by her general contractor, Jon Pickel Construction Inc. of Cuba City, Wisconsin. The real stars of the house are the incredible cabinets and woodwork by Broihahn Custom Woodworks of Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Their first idea was to build an addition to the front of the house in order to expand the kitchen and dining area, (see "Lancaster Addition" post on 5/18/14) however they were not able to get a variance to extend the house into the front setback.
Next we looked at expanding the house upward, adding a second story and moving most of the bedrooms upstairs. That was going to result in a much larger addition and a much bigger deal, since it meant taking off the existing roof.
The final concept was to add on to the side of the house, moving the guest bedrooms to the addition so that the kitchen, dining room and entry could expand into the former bedrooms. This is the idea that was actually constructed.
The result is a home that has gone from a plain Jane spec house to a spacious Craftsman-style home. Erin did an excellent job of bringing the Craftsman theme throughout the added and remodeled areas. Erin's vision was expertly carried out by her general contractor, Jon Pickel Construction Inc. of Cuba City, Wisconsin. The real stars of the house are the incredible cabinets and woodwork by Broihahn Custom Woodworks of Lancaster, Wisconsin.
The front of the house "before"
The front of the house "after" - the addition of roof gables, replacement of the skinny porch posts with beefier Craftsman-style posts, higher quality siding materials and better detailing give the home tremendously more curb appeal than the original house had.
The original kitchen was too small and rather plain. Most of it was turned into a new mudroom / laundry room, a space which was absent in the original house.
The new kitchen is situated in what was previously the bedroom wing.
Craftsman-style details are carried throughout the house, including in the range hood.
The tall cabinets in the kitchen conceal the refrigerator (right) and the passage to a hidden walk-through pantry (left).
A wet bar sits to the side of the dining room.
The entry foyer includes storage cabinets and a message center . . .
. . . as well as a built-in bench.
The back side of the bench is a china cabinet.
The existing living room was enhanced with new Craftsman-style trim, a new color scheme, new windows and door, replacement of the carpeting with hardwood flooring and an improved fireplace and mantel.
New bedrooms in the addition replace those that were repurposed for the kitchen and dining room.
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