We had always discussed the possibility of expanding our house to add extra room, but it was always contingent on whether or not we decided to have kids. Well kid #1 showed up and we decided that, yes is it was a good idea to add some extra space. Over the course of a few months towards the end of 2015 we met with our lovely architect Laura Natkins (
www.natkinsarchitect.com) and worked out the plans to fit what we were looking for (another bedroom with walk-in closets, bathroom and office). It was important for us to keep the feeling of the original house while adding the new space and Laura helped us to achieve that. After 11 months of the permitting process, we were finally able to start work the week of Thanksgiving 2016! Blue Dog Construction (
http://bluedogrenovation.com) was our contractor of choice. It was a pleasure to work with Andrew, even when the project took way longer than initially expected to. We were able to move back in January 2018 and the final finishing touches were done by June. We are still in the process of figuring the best use of the new spaces but absolutely love it! Now it's on to getting the front and back yards back in acceptable order.
Here are just a couple of Before and After photos. If you want to see the full photo story it's
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