Kitchen-405

A family of five, who live in a prestigious McLean neighborhood, was looking to renovate and upgrade their 20 year old kitchen.
She was tired of the bleached look on her kitchen, and now was looking for light but updated look at her kitchen. She also did not want to deal with having a cook top in her Island and wanted professional appliances and better traffic pattern.

Challenges:
The bulkheads were stuffed with lots of duct work and plumbing. All need to be relocated in order to take advantage of the height.
The kitchen was over a very tight crawl space area that made access to run gas line, and plumbing line much more challenging.
Adjacent family room needed to become part of this grand plan and as part of the oval scheme of work tie into kitchen cabinetry.

Design Solutions:
The plan was to give a French country look to this kitchen, by carrying the overall soft and creamy color scheme of main floor furniture in the new kitchen.
The back wall of the kitchen now occupied by 48” professional range under a custom wood hood.
New tower style refrigerator covered in matching wood panels is placed at the end of the run, just create more work space on both sides of the stove.
New plumbing was run for prep. Sink in the new island in order to have a second cook can work in the kitchen.
The large contrasting Island in a Dark chocolate finish now offers a second dishwasher, a beverage center and built in microwave. Also serves as a large buffet style counter space and accommodate up to five seats around it.
Smart use of detailed crown and trim molding are highlights of this kitchen.
Just to the west of this kitchen, we used to have a bare was with a 36” fireplace in it.
Our goal was to get all surrounding walls involved with this renovation. Now the entirety of this wall in filled with lower cabinetry and upper display cabinetry and a working station at the end of the run.
The fireplace was wrapped with matching color mantel and got equipped for a new large TV above it
New cabinetry was added to butler area to harmonize with new kitchen.
We have introduced a large size porcelain tile floor for entire family room and kitchen just to give it bigger space look and easy upon the traffic pattern.

Outcome:
The rare exotic counter top stone was the most favorite item in this kitchen for the homeowner. The way it connects with a brown glazing of the cabinetry and compliments the stone backsplash tile with an interesting picture frame inset niche above stove area is breathtaking.
She is thrilled with the end result and cannot wait to celebrate her son’s engagement party in her new and exciting kitchen.