One of the elements removed when we combined the spaces was a hutch area. Since these clients planned to do a lot of entertaining they wanted the wine, chlled beverages and glassware separate from the functional area of the kitchen. The cook could be busliy preparing the meal while the second...

Lots are not large in San Francisco. Houses are very close together in almost every neighborhood of the city. In this case, the house next door was about 15 feet away. However, it wasn't a privacy issue. The developer did a good job of staggering windows between the adjacent properties so neither...