Disconnected rooms plus a cramped galley kitchen starved of natural light

THE SOLUTION

‘We extended to the side of the house, adding eight

square metres of space to the kitchen. Although it’s a small extension, it’s had a remarkable impact, opening up the poky room to create a multifunctional family space. Rather than putting full-width glazing across the back, we worked with the existing bay window, as Eva and Mark cherished this feature. We incorporated a birch plywood seat in the window, framing the garden view and creating a social space. There are no doors separating the kitchen and hallway – the rooms are linked in a free-flowing way, so the eye is drawn from the front of the home to the back garden. To create visual flair in the limited extension, we added the latticed timber structure beneath the rooflights. The sunshine diffuses down to create interesting shadows in the space below.’