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kevinmp_gw

Finished Kitchen Remodel

13 years ago

This has been a phased project. When I moved in, it had a new kitchen, but nothing that I was able to select.

This is an old urban row home (c. 1826), so keep that in mind when you wonder why it's so small, etc.

I've worked with the old cabinets, but painted the boxes and ordered new drawer and cabinet fronts. I then added a wall unit with the honed calacatta gold counter top and backsplash where there used to be nothing (I had temporary, open Ikea shelving for a while). I added the honed calacatta gold backsplash around the rest of the kitchen and put in a Dacor DR30D dual fuel professional range (which I love). The black granite then cracked, and I replaced it and the 4" backsplash with honed marron cohiba (a.k.a. antique brown granite) and continued down with the 4" honed calacatta gold tiles. At the same time, I had the 27", integrated (700TCI) Subzero fridge/freezer built in to give me the 3" countertop I needed to the left of the Dacor range. To do that, I had to order some new cabinet components and I ordered some fluted pieces for either side of the range, some lightrail for the rest of the cabinets, and re-designed/positioned the moulding to run it all up to the ceiling (while I was at it). Finally, I swapped out the old high hats for LEDs and added a reproduction iron and brass pendant with mirrored interior dome. Some paint touch up, and it's nearly completed. Just a few more touch ups.

I'll post details if you need them, but there are just so many, and I don't want to inundate you if you're not interested. Thanks for your help along the way, and enjoy.

Before they put in the kitchen it was a sunroom:

This is what it looked like when I moved in (after the previous owners had put in the kitchen and after I had painted it green just to put something other than the high gloss white they had everywhere):

After/now:

Comments (26)

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    A wonderfully spectacular transformation.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Stunning!

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  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    It looked fine before but it's truly beautiful now! I love your choices. You mentioned you replaced the cabinet doors but they seem to look much the same to me-what am I missing?

    Do you have a microwave hidden someplace?

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I love your kitchen! Don't care about the size, the result is perfect!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Lovely attention to detail! It looks like a wonderfully efficient kitchen with good counter space. If it was a sun room before, where was the kitchen and what is the former kitchen now?

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Gorgeous! You did an amazing job! Love all the updates.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    The built-in's on the far wall is great design, and eliminating the black backsplash made a huge difference! You done good!
    Mind sharing the paint color?

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    You made an adequate kitchen very nice and it seems a lot bigger with your changes too. If the now kitchen was once a sunroom, where was the kitchen?

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Absolutely gorgeous! Where did the microwave go?
    (I assume from other postings the old kitchen was in the basement?)

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    beautiful! the first kitchen was nice, something similar to what i may have come up with (minus the black shelving). your finished version blows me away. your attention to the details is amazing and a real gift.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Pop the cork on that Veuve Cliquot and celebrate a job well-done---in your kitchen as well as the rest of the house. Just splendid!

    Thanks for taking us along on the ride.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Just perfect! Functional and you don't even notice the size. Thanks for sharing your journey.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    What a wonderful room. I thought i was tired of marble but I love your b/s; the shadings and the use of a sq tile in a bonded pattern is just enough to make it different.

    The light must be great! Can you put a windowseat in the bow window?

    BTW, it had no kitchen before? Was it a guest house?

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Another one wondering as to the whereabouts of the kitchen when there was a sunroom - was it in the basement?

    My son's NoLib Apt is an 1800's rowhome - but his is only one room deep. His kitchen is in the basement, LR on the main floor, large bath, storage and dressing area on the 2nd floor and the one and only BR on the 3rd.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Love it! I vote you win the "best use of 3 inches reward", that little bit of counter next to the range looks Iike it really makes a difference there! Lovely window too.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    So great! I have an old house too. It's so fun to see a perfectly executed remodel of a smaller period kitchen. I am awed at what you've done! It's so perfect.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I can tell you really thought about how to maximize the space in this kitchen and your choices are perfect. The marble is gorgeous.

    How do you like your Dacor range? I am considering that brand for my next remodel. Which model is yours?

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Very pretty kitchen. I'm a little afraid of all the sharp objects hanging on the wall, though. ;)
    Don't mess with Kevin!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Just lovely!!!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I hadn't seen photos of the before kitchen--- the "after" is a great use of space and materials. I know from your posts that the fridge required a lot of extra work, but it is a 1000% improvement. Well done!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Beautiful, calm, elegant, classic. What a transformation! Congratulations!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    You have done such a marvelous job with this kitchen! I hope you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed watching the transformation. Cheers!!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    The old cabinet doors were white thermofoil, but the boxes are plywood construction with solid dovetailed drawers and full extension glides. The new ones are painted maple in a different style. They're antique white.

    The microwave is in the wall pantry cabinet. I'll post a picture again.

    Range is Dacor DR30D, and I love it.

    There was no kitchen because the previous owners owned the house next door which had a kitchen. They separated the houses for resale. The original kitchen was in the basement.

    Someone asked about the wall color, it's BM Mount Saint Ann in Aura bath/spa matte.

    The rugs are from Overstock. Safavieh Cambridge in blue and gold.
    Thanks everyone.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Congrats. It's fab!!

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Thanks for the paint color!
    Ballard's also carries the rug, but they can't beat Overstock prices. Unfortunately, Overstock has limited sizes.

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I just love it! You have a beautiful home and the colors that you've used look really nice together.

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