Windmill Residence

Armonk, NY

This is a 1970’s front-to-back split level home, and the new owners, with two young daughters, wanted to expand and redesign their kitchen to add an island and create an eat-in area, added pantry space and a powder room on the first floor. They also wanted to create a connection between the kitchen and dining room and expand their entry foyer, as well as replace a small outdoor deck with a larger deck for entertaining. In the process of design, I proposed adding a new dormer window in the living room, to create a more varied roofline on the exterior and create a taller, more light-filled living room.

The design solution expanded the house footprint by eight feet, allowing for increased cabinets and an eat-in kitchen area, integral pantry cabinets and a powder room.
The house had the appearance of a one-story home. Without changing the roofline, the ceiling was removed in the existing kitchen, and aligned with the new addition to create a taller ceiling in both the breakfast area and new kitchen.
A skylight and multiple new windows creates a light-filled new eat-in area and expanded views of the large, wooded lot and new deck.