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24 FALL 2019 F OR THE OWNERS OF A 1990S COLONIAL IN ANDOVER, remodeling their kitchen and other elements of their ground floor was a project of letting in the light. The professional couple and their three children found their 360-square-foot kitchen too shallow and too dark. Their goal was to open it up on the inside and also to create a strong connection to the outdoors by adding large windows overlooking the patio and swimming pool. "They wanted to get better visibility of the pool and bring more light into the kitchen," says Steve Prittie, vice president of project development for Howell Custom Building Group. "They wanted that to feel that it was almost an indoor-outdoor space." Prittie and the project team expanded the kitch- en's footprint to 460 square feet, in part by bump- ing it out 4.5 feet at the back. They pushed the sink kitchens nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ A large center island is perfect for prep work as well as entertaining guests. and some cabinetry out into the new space, and in a unique and important piece of the project, they lifted the ceiling of the bump-out by about a foot, which allowed them to stretch the windows over the sink up above the kitchen's main ceiling level. This gives those entering the room the impression that the win- dows go all the way up to the ceiling, a striking effect that suggests openness. "With traditional window headers, it's kind of like pulling the brim of your hat down over your eyes, and it's blocking your view," says Prittie. "The homeown- ers really wanted to get as much of the sky and the sun as they could." Two of the five tall, south-facing window panels over the sink slide open and incorporate retractable screens. A curved granite countertop with stools that is on the deck outside the bank of windows acts as a