Kitchen
Prescott St. — Arlington
Galley-to-open conversion with a structural beam. Replaced the full cabinet run and rebuilt the back stair landing.
121B Tremont St., Suite 24, Boston, MA 02135(617) 397-5158
The Wright St. house has a 1960s back addition with a wall running down the middle of the kitchen. The owners wanted it gone. We engineered a flush beam sized for the span, pulled the structural permit, and demoed the wall on day one of the scope.
New layout is a single long run with a ten-foot island. Cabinets are Fabuwood Allure flat-panel in a matte white, quartz counters in a quiet veining pattern, and a panel-ready Fisher & Paykel dishwasher tucked beside the sink. We routed the hood vent through the roof rather than the soffit to get a cleaner ceiling line. The backsplash is a three-by-twelve glazed brick in a vertical stack, which reads cleaner than a running bond at that scale.
Appliance install was phased so the owners could cook on the range the first weekend and then lose it again while the tile got set. Hardwoods were patched in where the old wall came down, stained in two passes to match the existing floor. The patch disappeared under the island.
“The structural beam was engineered before we signed anything. Cabinets, counters, and floors went in on the schedule they put in writing.”
