ENATAI GARDENS RESIDENCE
Bellevue, Washington

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This home suffered from three things that many homes suffer from:

·A large fireplace in the wrong location
·Stairs too steep and poorly configured
·Low street appeal

While this home had decent 'bones', it still needed reworking to solve these problems. Removing the existing fireplace and adding a small glassed-in dining room addition solved the problem of lack of dining room space and poor access to a large outdoor terrace over the garage. The focus of the living room was changed by adding a zero-clearance gas fireplace and reorienting the stairs to the lower level. The original front facade of the home was very flat and lacked a defined entry. To add street appeal, a new covered entry and a bay at the kitchen sink were added to articulate the front of the house and help define the entry. New landscaping and reworked exterior parking and circulation will help make the exterior of the home more inviting and functional.

As in many of our projects, a three-dimensional computer model was used to help design the changes to this home.