photography by canary grey

This midcentury home opens up to a wooded backyard and meandering creek. The kitchen, dining, and living room renovations reoriented the home to maximize the views and daylighting with new finishes and open plan. The refined material palette reinvigorates an earlier addition, opens up the kitchen, and informs the rest of the home’s future updates.

The original interior featured dark cabinetry, an old bay window, and cloistered single-use kitchen and dining spaces. All of the main floor interior walls were removed with the exception of one– which became the slat wall dividing the entry sequence. This was a structural necessity that was tailored to maintain daylight and visibility throughout the home. 

The new flooring replaced carpet and was milled from white oak grown in Wisconsin and custom finished with a low-VOC, oil-based stain. The island cabinetry and the window seat– which replaced the old bay window– were color matched to the flooring in rift-sawn oak.

The built-in kitchen wall is finished in bone with a solid-surface backsplash that matches the quartz countertop and maintains the spacious and bright interior.

An exercise in restraint with small flourishes in lighting and fixtures, the goal for this project was to elevate a simple design intervention to accommodate daily life and gatherings with family and friends.