Kitchen Redesign in Historic Dilworth
Spaces Included:
KitchenLocation:
Dilworth, Charlotte, NCProject Scope:
Pull & ReplaceEliminating the raised bar along the peninsula allows more light to filter into the kitchen from the adjoining breakfast area. The single level peninsula also doubles the amount of usable counter space, providing a convenient, flexible spot for homework, breakfast or appetizer station.
Create a Focal Point
The floating bowed front cabinet hood creates an immediate focal point in this kitchen redesign. The brass and wood shelves flanking the hood provide a place for decorative and frequently used items, and the beveled subway tile backsplash (another update on a classic shape) pulls the two elements together.
Mixing open shelving with taller wall cabinets ensures there is plenty of accessible storage without the visual weight of extra wall cabinets.
Challenges & Goals
- Create a brighter, more updated and crisp aesthetic without modifications to the recently refinished hardwoods or exterior.
- Maximize lower storage to accommodate our client’s shorter stature.
- Design a floating hood as the focal point to the kitchen and bring the old duct work up to code.
Solutions
- Using classic elements and materials like subway tile, shaker cabinets and marble countertops, but in less expected ways (asymmetrical design, open metal shelves, and a counter-to-ceiling tile wall) created the look they were while remaining appropriate for the home. By covering the existing cabinet footprint the new hardwoods were easily incorporated into the redesign.
- Easily accessible drawers, and lazy susans make up the majority of the base cabinets. To make the space feel more spacious the wall cabinets flanking the hood were replaced with open shelves. To make up for the lost storage (and to keep it within her reach) we chose tall counter-to-ceiling cabinets along the back wall of the kitchen. The gray of the cabinets actually makes the wall recede, so the space feels larger and more open even though no walls were modified.
- The large, bowed front hood floats on a wall of white, beveled subway tile to create the perfect focal point.