A typical post-1906 Noe Valley house is simultaneously restored, expanded and redesigned to keep what works and rethink what doesn’t. The front façade, is scraped and painted a crisp monochrome white—it worked. The new asymmetrical gabled rear addition takes the place of a windowless dead end box that didn’t. A “Great kitchen”, open yet formally defined living and dining rooms, a generous master suite, and kid’s rooms with nooks and crannies, all make for a newly designed house that straddles old and new. Structural Engineer: Gregory Paul Wallace SE General Contractor: Cardea Building Co. Photographer: Open Homes Photography

A kitchen can be designed so that it straddles the line between full house and empty nest, functioning smoothly when the family gathers and when the situation returns to “just-the-two-of-us."

Small trendy white floor kitchen photo in Chicago with black appliances, an island, an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets and stone slab backsplash

A typical post-1906 Noe Valley house is simultaneously restored, expanded and redesigned to keep what works and rethink what doesn’t. The front façade, is scraped and painted a crisp monochrome white—it worked. The new asymmetrical gabled rear addition takes the place of a windowless dead end box that didn’t. A “Great kitchen”, open yet formally defined living and dining rooms, a generous master suite, and kid’s rooms with nooks and crannies, all make for a newly designed house that straddles old and new. Structural Engineer: Gregory Paul Wallace SE General Contractor: Cardea Building Co. Photographer: Open Homes Photography

stephani buchman
Kitchen - modern kitchen idea in Toronto

Powder room - small victorian mosaic tile floor powder room idea in New York with a vessel sink, medium tone wood cabinets, wood countertops, recessed-panel cabinets and brown countertops

The Nestled Neighbor house straddles the seam between the Dakota Ridge new urbanist neighborhood and Boulder Open Space. This unique location afforded opportunities to play to the natural western vistas while supporting a walkable street with neighborly interactions. Photo by Daniel O'Connor Photography

Living area with natural stone fireplace and high ceilings, looks into custom wine cellar
Family room - huge rustic open concept dark wood floor family room idea with a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace, gray walls and a wall-mounted tv

The Nestled Neighbor house straddles the seam between the Dakota Ridge new urbanist neighborhood and Boulder Open Space. This unique location afforded opportunities to play to the natural western vistas while supporting a walkable street with neighborly interactions. Photo by Daniel O'Connor Photography

The kitchen design is kept simple and bright. We balanced white cabinetry, countertops and a hexagon backsplash with dramatic walnut floating shelves.

Transitional, all-white custom kitchen. This Kitchen has quartz countertops and the fridge + freezer are paneled and separate. Custom glass cabinets doors in the uppers. The kitchen also boasts both knobs and pulls for hardware- all brused nickel. This is a modern day transitional kitchen that is light and airy. Two large pendants over the island instead of three.

The Nestled Neighbor house straddles the seam between the Dakota Ridge new urbanist neighborhood and Boulder Open Space. This unique location afforded opportunities to play to the natural western vistas while supporting a walkable street with neighborly interactions. Photo by Daniel O'Connor Photography

Michael Lee
Mid-sized transitional open concept living room photo in Boston with white walls, a standard fireplace, a wall-mounted tv and a concrete fireplace

A typical post-1906 Noe Valley house is simultaneously restored, expanded and redesigned to keep what works and rethink what doesn’t. The front façade, is scraped and painted a crisp monochrome white—it worked. The new asymmetrical gabled rear addition takes the place of a windowless dead end box that didn’t. A “Great kitchen”, open yet formally defined living and dining rooms, a generous master suite, and kid’s rooms with nooks and crannies, all make for a newly designed house that straddles old and new. Structural Engineer: Gregory Paul Wallace SE General Contractor: Cardea Building Co. Interior Design: Ken Fulk Photographer: Open Homes Photography

The Nestled Neighbor house straddles the seam between the Dakota Ridge new urbanist neighborhood and Boulder Open Space. This unique location afforded opportunities to play to the natural western vistas while supporting a walkable street with neighborly interactions. Photo by Daniel O'Connor Photography

In this space we constructed these unique cabinets to straddle the tiled fireplace that the customer supplied. We opted for an asymmetrical look, with cabinets that "interlock" on the right side. The small doors on the right hand cabinet lift-up, all the others swing out. We use a combination of Chocolate Pear (darker) and Walnut Amati (lighter) laminates; the lower doors on the right of the fireplace feature mesh stained to match the Walnut Amati. Photos by Aaron Mason Photography.

A typical post-1906 Noe Valley house is simultaneously restored, expanded and redesigned to keep what works and rethink what doesn’t. The front façade, is scraped and painted a crisp monochrome white—it worked. The new asymmetrical gabled rear addition takes the place of a windowless dead end box that didn’t. A “Great kitchen”, open yet formally defined living and dining rooms, a generous master suite, and kid’s rooms with nooks and crannies, all make for a newly designed house that straddles old and new. Structural Engineer: Gregory Paul Wallace SE General Contractor: Cardea Building Co. Photographer: Open Homes Photography

A typical post-1906 Noe Valley house is simultaneously restored, expanded and redesigned to keep what works and rethink what doesn’t. The front façade, is scraped and painted a crisp monochrome white—it worked. The new asymmetrical gabled rear addition takes the place of a windowless dead end box that didn’t. A “Great kitchen”, open yet formally defined living and dining rooms, a generous master suite, and kid’s rooms with nooks and crannies, all make for a newly designed house that straddles old and new. Structural Engineer: Gregory Paul Wallace SE General Contractor: Cardea Building Co. Photographer: Open Homes Photography

The Nestled Neighbor house straddles the seam between the Dakota Ridge new urbanist neighborhood and Boulder Open Space. This unique location afforded opportunities to play to the natural western vistas while supporting a walkable street with neighborly interactions. Photo by Daniel O'Connor Photography