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Before & After: Tricky Extension Unlocks Modern Living

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Our clients came to us after purchasing this Brooklyn Heights townhouse to maximize usable space and increase functionality for the young family. Our solution involved a two-story rear addition that gave us the room to move the kitchen up to the parlor floor. This shift made the parlor floor less formal and more central to the family's daily routine.

After
Before
A major challenge to the renovation was the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission's request that the existing, smaller extension on the upper floors remain intact. Thus, we had to support the upper floors while we built the new, larger extension underneath.

The lower floors now accommodate all the family's needs, and the family's daily activities radiate from the parlor floor. Although it required structural acrobatics, the new extension made it all possible. The smaller extension on the upper floors became the perfect place to house a home office, laundry room, and secluded roof terrace.

After
Before
The garden level became an informal TV and game room.
After
Before
The lower floors now accommodate all the family’s needs and the center of the home now radiates from the parlor floor whereas before, kitchen, dining, and living were compartmentalized across two floors.

The cellar was transformed into more liveable space with a home theater.

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