Friday night in March, and the homework is spread across the dining table, the laundry is staged on the landing, and someone just claimed the last chair. The Kensley is built around that pressure: a finished basement that pulls the overflow downstairs, an open main floor where dinner stays in earshot of everything, and a two-story layout that finally gives every person a place to land.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 1,599
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2.5
Floor Plan – Main Floor
The great room and dining area sit up front on the first floor, with the kitchen tucked behind and the staircase centered near the pantry. A mudroom connects the attached garage to the main living space, and the entry opens to a two-story ceiling that keeps the arrival from feeling pinched. Out front, a covered porch adds enough depth to the elevation that the facade reads as more than a flat wall with a door in it.
Floor Plan – Second Floor
The second floor holds three bedrooms anchored by a master suite with an 8’6″ ceiling and a private bath. Bedrooms 2 and 3 flank the central staircase, with a laundry closet tucked near the hall bathroom — convenient enough that it might actually get used. An open-to-below cutout beside the covered porch keeps the upper level from feeling like a sealed box.
Material Matters: Raised ceiling heights on upper floors do more work than they get credit for. That extra six inches in the master suite pulls the walls apart visually and makes a modest 15×12 room read larger than its dimensions suggest — a detail that costs relatively little at the framing stage but earns back comfort every single day you live there.
Floor Plan – Basement
The basement level fits a family room at roughly 14×15, a bonus room or fourth bedroom at 11×11, a mechanical room, a half bath, and a 4×12 storage space. Staircase placement keeps foot traffic from cutting through the living area. Compact, but genuinely well-divided.
Worth Knowing: Finished basements get used more when the mechanical equipment is tucked behind its own door rather than left as an exposed utility corner. Separating those systems gives the family room a cleaner envelope and makes drywall and flooring feel like a natural next step rather than a workaround. Small layout call, real daily difference.
Dark Lap Siding and a Metal Awning Give This Backyard Elevation Real Presence
Charcoal horizontal siding paired with a standing-seam metal roof keeps the palette tight. A poured concrete patio, an outdoor dining set, and sliding doors anchor the rear elevation without overworking it.
- Dark exterior cladding absorbs heat in winter climates, which reduces reliance on perimeter heating
- A small metal awning over the back entry protects the threshold without requiring a full covered porch addition
- A concrete patio flush with the sliding doors creates a natural indoor-outdoor transition that reads as finished even before any landscaping goes in
Open-Riser Treads and Horizontal Steel Rail Make a Case for the Foyer
Wood treads float against white risers on a staircase that’s doing real architectural work here. Horizontal steel rails hold sightlines open across the entry rather than chopping the space into sections, and natural light from the glazed front door spills across light-toned flooring in exactly the right place.
Horizontal steel rails keep sightlines open rather than cutting the space into sections.
Fluted Stone Table, Linear Fireplace, and Zero Clutter Make This Room Feel Earned
Solar shades let the outside register without giving up privacy entirely. The round fluted coffee table anchors the seating, and that slim linear fireplace keeps the wall from going flat without demanding much attention.
In The Details: Roller shades in a solar weave let you cut glare without blacking out the view, which matters in rooms where the TV is fighting afternoon sun from flanking windows. Pair them with dark window frames and the whole wall reads as one composed element rather than a series of separate decisions someone made at different times.
Dark Shaker Cabinets and a Waterfall Island That Actually Earns the Square Footage
Pendant cones hang low enough to light the island without washing out the backsplash geometry behind it. The slab waterfall edge pulls double duty: visual anchor on one side, knee-clearance bar seating on the other. Dark shaker cabinets keep the whole run from reading as too light for the space.
Globe Chandelier, Round Table, and a Sliding Door That Pulls the Backyard In
Four upholstered chairs around a round table keep traffic moving without crowding anyone out. Natural light rakes across the light wood floor at a low angle, and the globe chandelier holds its own without picking a fight with that full-height sliding door behind it.
Bronze Headboard, Tray Ceiling, and Roman Shades That Don’t Fight the View
The warm walnut headboard anchors gray bedding while Roman shades hold the greenery outside in frame without trading away privacy. Simple combination. Works.
Vessel Sinks, Marble Counters, and Two Mirrors That Frame the Window Between Them
Dual vessel sinks sit above a marble slab counter with enough actual depth to use. Black fixtures keep the palette from going soft, and that rounded upholstered stool tucked under the vanity isn’t decorative — it’s where someone sits every single morning.
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Exterior photo shows a two-story contemporary with dark metal roofing and stone accents. The first-floor plan below lays out the great room, dining nook, kitchen, mudroom, and two-car garage.
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