Old House Journal

Like Grandma’s Kitchen

When Roland Behee and Laura Cameron–Behee moved into their 1910 American Foursquare, in 1999, the cramped shoebox of a kitchen needed work, but it wasn’t on their priority list at first. One of their two daughters had just been born, and the second would come along soon.

Remnants of a 1960s remodeling included failing cabinets, a dropped acoustic-tile ceiling,

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