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BEACON HILL CARRIAGE HOUSE
A warm, multifunctional kitchen and custom millwork adapt a historic carriage house for a modern family life.
"H+A had the right team to make our dream kitchen a reality. Our new space is sophisticated, comfortable and organized -- great for entertaining or just a low-key night in."
client > Private residential client
location > Boston, MA
year completed > 2011
sq footage > 2800 SF
The challenge of this Beacon Hill home was to take a historic carriage house with small, closed spaces and turn it into a comfortable light-filled home for a young family. The kitchen was the most significantly renovated part of the historic building. The clean, elegant space is the heart of the house equally comfortable for major entertaining or an intimate cup of coffee.
UNION PARK TOWNHOUSE
Bold patterns, bright colors, ornate historic details and sleek modern design all converge in this renovated South End townhouse.
"My experience with H+A's design team was one of geniune collaboration. The finished space is beautiful and expressive of my personality and interests -- a reflection of a truly successful design project."
client > Private residential client
location > Boston, MA
year completed > 2009
sq footage > 2800 SF
The residence occupies the bottom three floors of a historic South End townhouse: the top floor is the 'piano nobile' parlor level, with its ornate detailing carefully restored. The architecture gets progressively more modern as you move downward, ending in a sleek high-gloss kitchen on the basement level, which was excavated to raise the ceiling height. The vibrant interiors are evidence of a truly collaborative process between client and design team. The client's extensive art collection inspired the combination of bold colors, playful patterns and graphic text, and the the silhouettes of furniture and lighting were kept simple to showcase the ornate historic details.
