To make room for a new baby, the owners of this classic Seattle bungalow needed more space and additional bedrooms. Rather than adding a second story, the team decided to lift the existing structure to increase headroom in the basement and preserve the simple but elegant roof lines of the original home. This modest strategy endeared them to their neighbors by not dwarfing the adjacent homes of the idyllic Seattle neighborhood.
Critical to the design solution was bringing ample daylight into new basement spaces so the family didn’t feel buried in dim basement spaces. The relocated stair creates an atrium though which light filters into the basement hallway and window sills are low enough to feel standard. And the owners’ retriever Sadie got her own built-in kennel at the foot of the stair, with dog-door access to the yard from the stair landing. The work was completed while Mark was a founding principal at Urbanadd.
- Bid Process Management
- Home Renovation
- Interior Design