Light and Flow

Providence RI

What started as "open up the kitchen and add a mudroom" became a full reimagining of the entire east side of the house. The existing footprint was a rabbit warren — kitchen and dining room separated by a butler's pantry and powder room; a side entry creating daily chaos off a narrow driveway.

We untangled it all. The entry moved to the rear, the butler's pantry went away, and the powder room was relocated into space carved from the attached garage, freeing the kitchen into a clean rectangle with a generous island and open shelving along the window wall. The mudroom became a proper family hub: banquette, bench, floor-to-ceiling storage for everything from coats to crayons, and a palette of white, soft celadon and quarter-sawn oak kept light, calm, and interesting throughout.

The dining room and long-neglected foyer were pulled into the same renovation, each arriving on the other side with new life.

Pretty spaces matter. But the real measure is how a family lives in them every single day.