Revitalized

This project was quite unique and personal to the homeowners of this kitchen remodel and home. The kitchen and house had belonged to the husband and his family for several years, but sadly turned into a rental after his first wife passed away. After several years of renting the house to tenants, the homeowner remarried and decided that he wanted to remodel the outdated kitchen and revamp the entire house for his new blended family before they took residence of the home.

The kitchen was quite outdated with low soffits, 70’s style fluorescent lighting, dingy oak cabinetry, 4”x 4” tiled counter tops, a small island that housed the cook top without any work surface surrounding it, a big bulky peninsula blocking the family room and a poorly designed work triangle that did not function well for a newly blended family that loved to cook large meals and entertain.

After our initial consultation the consensus and objective was clear that this kitchen was in definite need of a remodel.

The design solutions for this project was first the removal of the outdated soffits, florescent lighting and the big bulky peninsula by replacing them with high ceilings, recessed can lighting and an efficient prep island. Applying these simply revisions to the design layout opened up the kitchen space more and provide a much more flexible functional working environment for cooking and entertaining in the kitchen. Secondly, we relocated the cook top on the back wall with a down draft ventilation hood that created a much more user friendly work triangle, but also established a beautiful eye catching focal point for the kitchen design.

In order to achieve the design style and vision the clients were seeking we made subtle changes to the selections/finishes in order to stay within the project’s budget. A standard overlay door style was selected verses a full over lay door style. Knotty alder was selected for the island cabinets and a paintable wood cabinet was selected for the perimeter cabinets versus a cherry island and painted maple cabinets along the perimeter walls. These small adjustments helped us achieve the design vision we were aiming for, but also helped us stay within budget parameters.

Furthermore, keeping the new design within the original foot print of the kitchen and not altering any main walls honored the past memories of the space, but also revitalized the kitchen so that blended family could make new memories in the space for many years to come.