Signature Kitchens, Additions & Baths

Owner:

Dr Steve Kishter & Dr Freddie Hoffman

Scope Of Work

The owners goals for the redesign of the main level which would be tackled first in the whole house remodel were:
• Create a 21st century kitchen design in this DC home built in 1925 reminiscent of the original.
• Create a better connection between the first floor & basement to the back yard.
• Bring more light into the kitchen design.
• Take advantage of the large footprint to create a better working kitchen floor plan .
• Redesign the powder room and add more closet space

To meet those goals we did the following

• Moved access to basement which was under the future rear entrance off the breakfast nook.
• Eliminated the rear door in the kitchen which simply precluded good kitchen design.
• Eliminated one window to properly locate a 60” range and hood.
• Re opened one window that had been closed in previous 1960’s kitchen remodel.
• Opened a load bearing wall between kitchen and sun room to create a breakfast room, installed divided light pocket doors to mimic the French doors in the house.
• Re-created the original 1925 back hall with coat closet, powder room and access to the basement.
• Opened the rear brick wall to install a new quad casement window to bring more light into the new kitchen design above the porcelain farm sink.
• All of the extensive brick work was done by Signature Kitchens Additions & Baths in house mason with brick which had not been made in 50 years. An early search had found two cubes in Illinois which were quickly acquired.
• Update the electrical wiring.

Dr Kishter had this to say

"The Signature Kitchens Additions & Baths team are truly unique, in that they are capable of dealing with the complex problems inevitably encountered in reconstructing old houses."