When the new homeowner’s bought this Lake Oswego home
they wanted a kitchen that would better serve their lifestyle. What they didn’t
want was to renovate the entire kitchen. With some brainstorming and design tweaks
the solution was to change the island. She, a gourmet cook, found the current
island too small for actually cooking around the stove top, the tiled counter
top was a nuisance with grout, and the front glass cabinet virtually served no
purpose for her.
 |
| After |
Since we were installing beautiful new Acacia hand scraped
hardwoods throughout the main floor, it was a good time to modify the island.
The front glass cabinet was removed and a new three drawer cabinet was placed
at the end of the original cabinet giving her additional storage for pots and
pans plus the top drawer had a custom tilted spice rack installed to store her
beloved spices. Large decorative posts were installed to hold the extended new Pental
Chroma Quartz slab in a creamy subtle marble look called “Marfil” for bar
seating. The original cabinetry was stripped down and all was painted Benjamin
Moore’s #1000 "Northwood Brown" to match a color coordinating with
the original granite tiles still on the perimeter cabinets. Three new pendants
now hover over the island and new under cabinet LED light strips were installed
for updated lighting.
 |
| During construction |
 |
| Before |
With some smart planning this kitchen was virtually
transformed to fit the desires of these new homeowners without breaking the
bank. If you have some remodeling challenges we’d be happy to discuss your
project and work on some solutions, that’s what we do.
 |
| Pental Chroma "Marfil" Quartz Slab |
 |
| Angled spice rack inside top drawer |
No comments:
Post a Comment