Strategic Planning
David and Monica Stephenson fell in love with the forthright detailing and gracious rooms of their circa 1918, three-bedroom Arts and Crafts house in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. There was just one problem: The galley kitchen was dark and cramped. "We bought the house with the intention of redoing the kitchen, and we lived with the existing space for two years while we drew up our wish list for the new one," Monica says. "We wanted to honor the integrity of the Craftsman style, but also open the kitchen up to the rest of the house." To help achieve the kitchen they envisioned, the couple enlisted the designer Kevin Price, of J.A.S. Design-Build in Seattle. To create a workable plan, Price added 81 square feet to the room, bringing it to a total area of 231 square feet. One side of the house was cantilevered 18 inches over a new support joist, and the rear wall was pushed eight feet into the backyard. The interior of the kitchen was gutted down to the studs.
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