It’s good to have a kitchen with trendy updates, however generally these updates can suck the attraction out of an previous residence. That was the case right here, in architect Taylor Palumbo’s 1943 residence. Whereas the kitchen had been renovated fairly not too long ago — simply again in 2014 — the redo made the cook dinner area really feel somewhat boring.
The dullness wasn’t the one situation right here, although. The kitchen itself was tiny — simply 8 toes by 8 toes — and Taylor wished one thing that each seemed and felt larger, with bigger home equipment.
Taylor additionally wished the kitchen to really feel much less closed off, and extra linked to the adjoining dwelling area. “My husband and I each like to cook dinner and prep, so having more room was crucial,” Taylor stated. And since she’s an architect, she says, “being able to design and handle the undertaking myself made it much more thrilling.”
Alongside the way in which, Taylor and her husband did a lot of the reno work themselves, together with demolishing the previous kitchen and recovering the old-growth Douglas fir framing to save lots of for one more undertaking, then putting in new drywall for his or her extra open structure cook dinner area. It’s a bit larger than the previous kitchen, and likewise options a gap to the adjoining lounge to assist the entire space really feel extra cohesive.
Rather than the previous white cupboards, Taylor selected grey walnut ones, which the couple had professionally put in. “I completely love the all-wood cupboards,” she says. “The grain is so lovely and the customized detailing makes them really feel like they had been at all times meant to be on this home. The remainder of my fashion is midcentury trendy and I wished cupboards that may give a nod to that period.”
Professional-installed white counters hold the kitchen good and vibrant, and complement each the wooden cupboards and the grey elongated subway tile backsplash Taylor put in herself in a cool stacked sample — to not point out the uncovered brick that the couple left in place.
The brand new kitchen makes room for bigger home equipment, too, although set up hit a hitch:
“After we slid the brand new vary into place, it hit the plumbing line for the gasoline which implies we needed to name the plumber out to maneuver the gasoline line over actually one inch so the vary would match in opposition to the wall, which value $250,” Taylor says.
Even with a few hiccups, although, the kitchen got here out simply as Taylor had hoped — after which some. “I’m happy with the work that my husband and I did to make this occur,” she says. “We undoubtedly discovered issues alongside the way in which nevertheless it all got here out higher than anticipated on the finish.”
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