Dining room with a light wooden table, black chairs, a black and white checkered rug, a potted plant, a cabinet with a vase and fan, and wall art with drawings. A modern chandelier hangs above the table.

Trumbull Remodel

  • In older houses, it’s common to see a living history of the home and its occupants through the small conversions of porches, attics, and basements into habitable spaces. Over 100+ years old, the Trumbull House exhibited a patchwork of several eras of expansion or alteration, resulting in a layout that sacrificed form to meet the needs of the previous owners.

    The primary objective for the remodel was to reset the spaces into a cohesive and functional home for the owners’ growing family, visiting friends, and loved ones. Ivon Street Studio’s design adds just 42 square feet of space, but the expansion allowed the team to redesign the kitchen and master bathroom, creating new access points and connection to the expansive backyard and the new patio. Shifting the staircases to the basement and the upstairs harmonizes the vertical circulation and re-configuring the entire second story with a rebuilt dormer bathroom yields purposeful yet still playful spaces.

    The homeowners wanted a home with a functional beauty, marrying their Scandinavian rooted aesthetic with finishes that complimented the original Craftsman elements. New and existing Douglas fir floors and doors received a lye treatment to echo the light color palette found throughout. In the kitchen, the floorboards and joists of the ceiling above were left exposed to show the original bones of the home. The custom, flush, inset cabinetry in the kitchen as well as built-ins in the master bedroom and upstairs napping nook are a nod to the original millwork that remains. A large oak island with maple top anchors life in the kitchen, while a custom soda water tap at the sink blends with the unlacquered brass and chrome elements found throughout the home.

    The finished home imparts the priorities and personalities of the homeowners in a space that feels both grounded in the past and ready for the decades of life to be lived.

  • Designer: Ivon Street Studio
    Photographer: Schoolhouse

  • See more of the project in Schoolhouse’s Spring 2020 Catalog.

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