Quiet Expansion

At this Takoma Park home, the most valuable square footage in the new kitchen didn't come from an addition. It came from a full bathroom and a half-finished shed that once sat behind what is now the range wall. Raising the shed's subfloor to match the rest of the house and folding that footprint into the kitchen let the whole back of the house open up, with a new powder room taking the old bathroom's place instead.

The kitchen runs in two tones: white upper cabinetry paired with a Green Haze base and pantry, in the Meadowland door style from Crystal Cabinetry, with natural maple floating shelves and hood trim left unpainted as the warm counterpoint. A veined stone countertop and backsplash run in one continuous line behind the range, and brass hardware carries through the room, including a gooseneck faucet set beneath a new farmhouse-style window over the sink. At the back of the kitchen, a full wall of Green Haze cabinetry runs floor to ceiling, broken only by an open shelf niche in natural maple that doubles as the morning coffee station.

The powder room takes its own corner of the reclaimed footprint: a wood-toned vanity, brass fixtures and sconces, and a black-and-white hex tile floor underfoot.