Kitchen Bump-Out Additions

Bump out additions can be as small as just two or three feet or can flirt with the very definition of a home addition extending out as far as ten to twelve feet.

Any space you add to your home’s floor plan or a room’s footprint will make a significant difference. 

In older homes, the kitchen was a room used in a practical fashion, food prep, and cooking, it was all very utilitarian. But today’s modern families have turned the kitchen into the very heart of their home.

Aside from being the one room in your house where everyone gathers, where you entertain and make your favorite meals and memories alike; the modern kitchen has turned into a “préparer le diner.”

Cooking has become a collective passion and our new, more sophisticated tastes require our kitchens be better equipped with larger work areas and entertainment options to boot.

We help homeowners fall back in love with their kitchens!

“Bump-out addition” is a relatively new term, and what it describes is a micro- addition. A bump-out creates extra space; it is by form, function and definition, smaller than a full room addition. We have created bump-outs to add a big bay window with built-in seating, book shelving and storage.

In other homes, we have created pop-outs in the kitchen to allow for an elongated counter, dining area or breakfast nook.

While no two bump-outs are the same, they all share some standard features; it is critical to understand that it must be both cost-effective and advantageous for the bump-out to make sense.

Some Bump-outs are Better than Others!

A good bump-out delivers enough space that the cost is worthwhile; while being small enough not to require the full-on construction elements that make traditional home additions so expensive.

A Bump out may extend out as much as 10 to 15 feet from the house, but they can also be small “pop-outs” that are no deeper than 2 feet.

• Small bump-outs 2-foot or pop-outs are often cantilevered (unsupported by posts) from the house. Anything much larger will usually require footings or foundation walls. One benefit of bump-outs is that they typically do not need other heating or cooling services.
• Lean-to roof: Bump outs often have independent flat or lean-to style roofing, this means you do not need to open up your existing roof. This also creates an excellent opportunity to get some natural light in with a skylight!