1950s Cape Cod Kitchen Remodel

With its gloomy pine kitchen one bedroom and a bath downstairs and two attic bedrooms with a bath upstairs the house would require significant work.

1950s cape cod kitchen remodel.

In this gallery you ll find a sampling of 1950s era cape cods sold in communities across north america. How to get more living space for a growing family. Houses in the 1950s often had separate kitchens dining rooms family rooms and living rooms. Darling little 1200 sq ft house in a trendy neighborhood.

Took 6 weeks sold it in a week. Sep 14 2018 the first house we gutted and remodeled. They started by gutting the space only 11x9 1 2 square feet removing the wall between the kitchen and dining room and claiming 27 1 2 square feet from the dining area for the kitchen. I ve a 1950 s cape and although bigger than most cape cod homes i ve seen from the era the kitchen is still smaller than i d like.

But if it hasn t been restored these fixer uppers can cause many headaches. For starters cape rooms tend to be small with low ceilings and uneven floors. You actually can expand the feel of the house without going outside the walls wilson says. Plus removing walls brings in more light.

Each plan offers a different version of the colonial idea. Nov 10 2012 we opened up the staircase in this 1950 s cape cod used to be a half wall and solid wall on the other side. As an expansive family room off the kitchen. The owners of this 1950s cape cod home wanted a family friendly kitchen with an open layout.

With less than 1 650 square feet it boasted five bedrooms but lacked a master suite and dining room and the front door opened right into the living room. The blaney house which scheffer built in 1965 for his daughter was a variant on the cape cod type. Almost immediately after selling their old house they spotted their perfect wreck. A 1 400 square foot 1953 cape cod brimming with potential and boasting a for sale by owner sign out front.

Added 2 3 glass door and craftsman style railing baystreetbungalows houseflip remodel. Builders borrowed features of the colonial style and added mid twentieth century modernizations. Worse still a typical cape kitchen can look like something out of a catalog from the 1950s if not earlier. A well preserved cape can usually adapt to modern life.

With most kitchens from that period the best you can do is make use of all available space unless you have the budget to do a complete gut of the house and it definitely appears you ve done so. See more ideas about 1200 sq ft house remodel house. Of course the cape cod homes of the 1950s were not replicas of historic cape cods. Removing some or all of the walls dividing those rooms can create the open floor plan that is popular today.