Brian J. McGarry Interiors

Kitchen & Bathroom Designers , Universal Design

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Brian J. McGarry Interiors

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Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

This home is in an iconic midcentury modern community; the kitchen we started with surely did not reflect that aesthetic. The main cabinet run of the kitchen was foreshortened in our renovation to allow for expansion of the master bath behind the end wall. We needed to relocate some appliances and cabinets to allow for the change. The client's needed to apply for permission from their community to eliminate a window to allow for the relocation. Luckily it was no problem to get the approval. The final plan resulted in a wonderfully sleek and efficient kitchen. The cabinets were ordered in a custom grey color that pleased the client's vision of an all grey space.

Country: United States

What a difference! This cabinet run was actually foreshortened from the original to enlarge the master bath which is behind the end wall. We actually paid some homage to the previous backsplash by installing a brick sized glass tile. You will notice that there are few outlets visible and they...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

Note that we moved the dishwasher to the left of the sink, thereby eliminating the potential conflict; anyone can get access to the dishwasher without interrupting the cook's preparations. Now the pull out trash base is smartly located in front of the cook's prep area. Note the Tech lighting...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

With the foreshortening of the main cabinet run we needed to relocate the wall oven and refrigerator. We eliminated the former window in this spot to allow for this relocation. The client's needed to get permission from their historic community to do so. The microwave is conveniently located...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

We built in lots of convenient storage. Full extension glides make the two drawer base cabinets and the roll outs under the cook top very accessible; note the trash base also. Counter top was a subtle, interesting marble.

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

Note the reveal of cabinet above and below the wall oven combination; the spaces are uniform and kept to a minimum. When the cabinets are custom and ordered to fit the particular appliance everything fits better. Full extension glide drawers and a lazy susan in the corner add a huge amount of...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

We tucked the open cabinet with the never quite neat collection of cookbooks behind the refrigerator. Everything back here is still very accessible but out of view of the rest of the sleek space. Note again the use of plug molds to eliminate the excess visible outlets on the back splash; the...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

The client loved the interesting crystal structure of the marble counter top. Note we fit both a filtered water faucet and a soap dispenser as well as a Grohe Ladylux faucet into the 24" wide sink base because we used the Elkay "D" bowl ELUH 2118 sink.

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

The previous owners of this house had put in this stock cabinet kitchen decades before. Look at the wasted space above and below the wall oven; with stock cabinets you get a large space and you need to cut out the oven into it. One size does not fit all; that is about a foot of the oven cabinet...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

As we look down the kitchen we see lots of space that is really underused. the desk at the end of the room appears to be used only for storage; there is no chair assigned to it. The window to the right of the desk is the one we needed to build over; it really wasn't anywhere that provided any...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen

Another view of the cabinet run showing the obviously distressed dishwasher. The dishwasher is awkwardly placed directly in front of the cook's main prep area, guaranteeing a conflict when anyone other than the cook needs access. Why anyone would install "Z" brick on their back splash is a...

Alexandria Mid Century Modern Kitchen