Bump-Out Addition in Fort Worth, TX

The Project

The Washburn Avenue house had everything going for it: original hardwood floors, a covered front porch, and a great street in Arlington Heights. What it didn't have was a kitchen that worked. The original kitchen was 120 square feet — tight even by 1940s standards, and a problem that no amount of cabinet replacement would solve.

The solution was a modest bump-out addition off the back of the house — six feet into the backyard, adding about 90 square feet to the kitchen footprint. That 90 square feet made an enormous functional difference: a proper island, a walk-in pantry, and enough room for two people to cook at the same time without running into each other.

The project was done in three months and cost significantly less than a full addition would have required. The homeowners kept the original character of the house intact while solving the one problem that had frustrated them since they moved in.