Kitchen remodel: Craftsman Classic
This family had outgrown their home and bought a wonderful new bungalow with a kitchen way overdue for a remodel. Not only were the cabinets falling apart, there was very little counter space, no place for a modern fridge, and it was cut off from the rest of the home. Their goals was to create an open, family-friendly kitchen that would still suit the bungalow style of the rest of the vintage home.
We overhauled the functionality of the space by eliminating the triple window that stared right into the neighbor’s home and replaced it with two generous windows on the wall facing the trees and view. We also opened up the wall to the dining room to connect the kitchen to the rest of the house, and installed radiant heat under the kitchen tile so we could get rid of the big radiator taking up valuable kitchen floor space.
Then, to keep to the bungalow feel we installed mahogany cabinets, craftsman style subway tile backsplashes, and tile flooring in happy pale ocean blue and sea-foam green. We knew that granite counters would work against the historical feel so we chose quartz counters that felt very organic and complimented the other finishes, and then finally finished the space with recessed lighting and stainless steel appliances, creating a warm and friendly kitchen with modern conveniences.
We overhauled the functionality of the space by eliminating the triple window that stared right into the neighbor’s home and replaced it with two generous windows on the wall facing the trees and view. We also opened up the wall to the dining room to connect the kitchen to the rest of the house, and installed radiant heat under the kitchen tile so we could get rid of the big radiator taking up valuable kitchen floor space.
Then, to keep to the bungalow feel we installed mahogany cabinets, craftsman style subway tile backsplashes, and tile flooring in happy pale ocean blue and sea-foam green. We knew that granite counters would work against the historical feel so we chose quartz counters that felt very organic and complimented the other finishes, and then finally finished the space with recessed lighting and stainless steel appliances, creating a warm and friendly kitchen with modern conveniences.
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