New construction home at the shore. These homes tend to be on smaller lots with less square footage than your typical suburban home. The challenge here was to ensure that the gathering rooms (kitchen/family/dining-basically the first floor footprint) could accommodate large family get-togethers, a chef's kitchen and weekly dinners seating at least ten.
We had expressed to the homeowner that we may 'break a few design rules' to achieve the desired result. Which we did but only - a couple inches here, a couple inches there. And always our motto is quality, not quantity - integrity of materials! Moldings, finishes, fabrics, furniture, well designed cabinetry and good space planning for traffic flow - this is how a smaller space makes a giant statement.