description: The house was a simple structure with elegant details like the brick foundation and wood pilasters on the outside corners. We recreated those details on the addition so that it would blend seamlessly with the original home.

description: The original kitchen had an awkward u-shaped layout. It was separated from the main living spaces of the house and felt disconnected.

description: The main way to the backyard was through the kitchen door. Space didnít allow for a mudroom so clutter ended up throughout the house.

description: The new kitchen was reconfigured in the same location as the previous kitchen. We moved the entrance to the dining room to give the space a more functional layout.

description: The kitchen now opens to the new family room and breakfast area. Michael Matrka Builders carefully reproduced details from the original house so the addition would be seamless.

description: The old arched porch hood was salvaged and reused at the new back door. A curved brick walkway connects it to the study.

Colonial Revival Upper Arlington, Ohio residential addition 950 sq ft description: The house was a simple structure with elegant details like the brick foundation and wood pilasters on the outside corners. We recreated those details on the addition so that it would blend seamlessly with the original home.
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