Forming Function
Mitlyng Design Team: Ashley Mitlyng, Katie Loecken
Exterior Photography: Half Acre House
Interior Photography: Spacecrafting
Contractor: Kuhl Design Build
Like it was always meant to be.
Tired of squeezing the car from this century into a tight garage only to siphon the whole family through one tiny door to the house?
This family was, too!
By surgically adding a new garage with space for a bedroom above, we were able to add space to get out of the car (!) and have the whole family (including Kingston, the dog!) enter the house at once! There’s a place for everyone’s coats, a nicely appointed laundry room (that stays in it’s corner, out of the flow of traffic) and of course a wine fridge. Upstairs, care was taken to preserve a corner window while still gaining space for 2 kid’s bedrooms above. To top it off, an old dark cedar closet was replaced with a window to light the top of the stair landing and a reading nook for bedtime stories.
Great care was taken on the exterior to fit the new with the old. By recreating brick details and scaling the new dormer roofline under the existing gable, the addition feels like it was always part of the original design, but allows for the interior functionality of a modern family.
Front Before
Front After
Rear Before
Rear After
Upper Stair Landing Before
Upper Stair Landing After
