Addition on Union
Traditional Entrance, Boston
Over the last 150 years, the back door of this handsome late Greek Revival/early Victorian house had somehow become the main entrance. A door off a narrow farmer’s porch opened into a small hallway with a tiny closet. We fixed the problem with a small addition in the style of the original house. A gabled porch with turned columns announces the new entry. Inside the door is a comfortable entrance hall with an arched doorway leading into the house. To the right of the door, a new mudroom filled with built-in storage including many drawers and shelves and lockers for all members of the family.
Upstairs, a bright new master bath fills the space under the new gables of the addition. Behind the bath, a once cramped closet was expanded into a walk-through dressing room.