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Dining Room Addition & Open-Concept Renovation — Dover, NH

An addition that expanded the original three-season footprint and turned it into a fully conditioned dining room, paired with an open-concept rework of the adjoining kitchen and living areas.

Finished dining room with shiplap ceiling, custom built-in bench seating, dining table, pendant light, and open view through to the kitchenafter

Project Details

Category
Additions
Location
Dover, NH
Completed
January 2026
Timeline
3 weeks on site
Materials
Shiplap ceilings, slate-look tile over radiant heat, custom built-in bench, relocated French doors

About This Project

An addition that expanded the original three-season footprint and turned it into a fully conditioned dining room, paired with an open-concept rework of the adjoining kitchen and living areas.

The old exterior wall into the kitchen was removed, and the opening between the kitchen and living room was enlarged for a more open flow throughout the main level. Finishes include shiplap ceilings, custom casework with built-in bench seating, large-format slate-look tile over radiant-heat floors, relocated French doors with new sidelight windows out to the back deck, and a refreshed hex-tile backsplash in the kitchen.

Project Gallery

View from the kitchen through the enlarged opening into the new dining space, with French doors at the back and built-in bench seating along the wallafter
View from the kitchen through the widened opening into the open-concept living room beyondafter
Relocated French doors with new sidelight windows leading to the back deck, framed by shiplap ceiling and slate-look tile floorafter
Refreshed kitchen with new hex-tile backsplash, white shaker cabinets, dark quartz counters, and stainless gas rangeafter
Original three-season room with vaulted painted-wood ceiling, slate tile floor, and exterior French doors to the back yardbefore
Original three-season room from the opposite angle, showing the red exterior door into the old kitchen wallbefore
Original kitchen before renovation, with an exterior door where the wall was later removed to open up to the new dining spacebefore
Original kitchen showing the previous subway-tile backsplash before the hex-tile refreshbefore

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