The same attention to detail can be seen in the rest of the first floor. Across the
living room lies a smooth, open path for Sarah through the dining room into the
completely reinvented family kitchen. Ben’s meticulous eye for Sarah’s needs – as
well as Teri’s finish choices – guided the reconstruction here too. Previously, a narrow
doorway led from the dining room into the kitchen, which was chopped into two
halves by a peninsula counter. Now, an inviting openness pervades – the dining room
is no longer “formal,” but is instead the family’s everyday gathering place, and the
adjoining white subway-tiled kitchen is bright, roomy, and appealing.
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