TOP: The previous owner redid the kitchen in the 1980s. “She was beyond ahead of
her time,” Shafritz says. “This was a breezeway and the brick wall was attached to the
garage.” The woman left behind the pots and pans which still hang from the hood. “I
like having their presence here.” RIGHT: Shafritz surrounded a solid walnut door with a
layer of bricks. The door, opening to the garage, replaced a hidden door. “I wanted it to
disappear but be beautiful.” ABOVE: In the powder room, Shafritz ripped out everything,
including the floor. “I found designs that I liked on Houzz and had Ed build it for me,”
she says of the chunky vanity, which holds a modernized farmhouse sink.

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