he clients, a couple
with two children,
had been living in
their apartment for
over a decade and decided it
was time to renovate. Includ-
ed in the project was a plan to
convert a basement-level stor-
age unit into a family room by
adding a staircase at the end of
an existing hallway to connect
the two spaces together.
e entry sequence was re-
worked to create a slate-tiled
mudroom that could contain
coats, shoes, backpacks, and
sports equipment for the family
of four.
e strategy for the living
spaces was to remove partitions
and open up the kitchen to the
living and dining rooms. A
raised wood-clad ceiling sepa-
rates the kitchen apart from the
adjacent spaces. e creation
of the mudroom allowed for a
small office to be tucked into a
corner of the dining room. A
steel and glass partition creates
a sound barrier while letting in
light. Steel also wraps the struc-
tural column and appears again
in the dining-room light fixture
as well as in the form of a shelf
above the kitchen counter.
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