Breakfast Room, Breezeway and Garage Additions
Project Summary
This project focused on a kitchen addition, a new garage and a breezeway to connect the garage to the home. A bright breakfast room was added to the existing kitchen. A garage was designed and built to stylistically fit with the existing home and the breezeway was designed to link the home to the garage.
Highlights:
- Both the breakfast nook and the garage feature lantern top designs, tying the two structures together aesthetically.
- The three-car garage is stylistically in keeping with the historic estate while offering modern convenience.
- An exhaustive stone search yielded a match to maintain the historic integrity of the exterior of the estate.
FAQ
Is it possible to completely change the style of my home’s exterior?
It depends – many homes can be transformed with an exterior renovation. However, in most cases, our advice to homeowners is to maintain historic homes whenever possible. Well-maintained colonial-era homes in the Princeton area are highly valued for their unique characteristics and the era they represent. For the interior of a home, a design-build team can bring almost any style to life.
How does an addition improve the value of a home?
An addition often adds light with larger windows and more open spaces, updating the “closed-off” floor plans typical of an earlier era. Adding a three-car garage with a covered breezeway connecting to the residence adds modern convenience, complementing the existing estate.
An exhaustive search provided an exact stone match to the house keeping the visual integrity of the entire estate intact.
The newly constructed breezeway connection between the house and the garage adds modern convenience while maintaining the historic character of the property.
Tuscan columns, clearstory glass and 12-lite windows and doors, enhance the breezeway.
The stone archway frames the entrance into the garage from the breezeway.
The corresponding view from the garage into the breezeway.
Our Princeton design-build team built the garage in keeping with the historic style of the home.
Lantern and door details dress up this entry to a garden storage room.
The three bay stone garage was designed to suit the modern day needs of this stately home.
The rear view of this gorgeous estate with the lantern top and garage additions.
