any people have fond memories of the
home they grew up in. Few, howev-
er, get to live in those memories and
create new ones in the same space as
adults. One San Francisco resident is
such an exception. Te client's father
built the house on Digby Street in 1961, but recognizing
the house was in need of some updates, the client called
Phil Rossington of Sausalito, Calif.-based Rossington
Architecture to remodel the space.
Te outdated design had several problems, including
that the large kitchen and eat-in area were closed of from
the rest of the house. Both owners wanted the kitchen to
be a more functional area and not waste any square foot-
age, of which they believed the original layout was guilty.
In addition to updating the design and reconfguring the
layout, the other design objective was to open the kitchen
to the living and dining rooms while still having the ability
to close it of for more formal gatherings. Rossington set
to work with these objectives in mind and presented the
clients with a drastic, but very efective, solution.
MIRROR IMAGE
Convincing the clients to commit to an open foor plan
didn't come easily. Going into the remodel, the clients
just wanted to update old systems. But they also had
Floor
Flip
A kitchen remodel involves
reversing the entire foor's
confguration to capture
views of downtown San
Francisco and transition from
an open to closed space
By Laurie Banyay
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Photos: Rien van Rijthoven
24 June 2015 QR QualifiedRemodeler.com | ForResidentialPros.com
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