Imagine Design

Windows are almost always the thing I want to celebrate first in a room. I truly can’t think of a home where I’ve ever wished for fewer of them.

In this kitchen, the prettiest light was right here, along this wall of windows overlooking the porch and landscape beyond. Before we reimagined the space, the breakfast table sat more awkwardly between the kitchen and the seating area, so moving it to the windows changed everything for the better.

It made the table feel like a true destination instead of a pass-through spot. Morning coffee, casual meals, homework, a glass of wine while dinner is cooking. All the everyday moments suddenly had the best seat in the room.

And because we were not using pendants over the kitchen island or counters, we had the flexibility to do something I love here instead: two pendants over the table.

It’s such a good look. A little more interesting than a standard ceiling light, less expected than a chandelier, and so useful for defining the breakfast area within a larger kitchen.

A good reminder that sometimes the biggest improvement is not adding more, but simply moving the right pieces to the right place. t pieces to the right place.

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I’m so excited to share some first photos from a recently completed project, and I just had to start with this moody little home bar.

This room was the original galley kitchen in the sweetest 1950s Cape Cod. When the family needed more room, we helped rethink how the house could live. The new addition gave them a beautiful, functional kitchen and family space, but just as important, it allowed this narrow pass-through to become something much more special.

Instead of treating it like leftover space, we turned it into a moment.
The new arched opening softens the transition into the dining room and makes the passage feel intentional and architectural. The deep blue color drench quiets the narrowness of the room and lets the cabinetry, walls, and trim read as one cohesive envelope. Mesh metal cabinet fronts add texture and a little old-world bar feeling, while brass hardware and plumbing bring just enough warmth and polish.

I of course included the before and after, because who doesn’t love seeing a year or two of planning, decisions, construction, and problem-solving turn into a four-second reveal? If only it were actually that easy.

I also included a few views of the new kitchen. The addition gave this family the space they needed, and it gave the original galley kitchen permission to become something much more memorable and unexpected.

That is often my favorite kind of renovation. Not just adding square footage, but reimagining what the existing spaces can become while never losing the original charm of the home.

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