The Muir Showrooms

Home Improvement Professionals , Kitchen & Bathroom Designers , Universal Design
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The Muir Showrooms
59 Reviews

Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen

This Litchfield home was built for these original homeowners in 2001. After nearly two decades, the kitchen was due for updating. Before, with the island, the layout felt cramped and inefficient. By moving appliance locations and adding a peninsula and storage solutions, their kitchen is now an open, beautiful, organized space. With tile that looks like slate and quartz counters resembling soapstone, we were able to give this family the look they wanted in more durable materials requiring less maintenance. They were excited to include a spice rack and a special place for their lunchboxes in their kitchen remodel. Additionally, they found a home for the dinnerware set that belonged to a beloved family member. After incorporating extra seating around the peninsula, their kitchen has become the gathering area when they entertain their friends and family.
Project Year: 2019
Project Cost: $25,001 - $50,000
Country: United States
Zip Code: 03052
A peninsula was a more efficient use of the space available than the previous island configuration.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Induction ranges are just as responsive as gas, making them ideal for serious cooks in places without natural gas service. You can use any cookware to which a standard refrigerator magnet will stick. The microwave is vented directly to the exterior with an upgraded motor.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Modern lazy Susans, like these wooden ones, rotate on stationary shelves instead of the old center pole. This enables them to support significantly heavier loads with maximum functionality.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Most ranges these days are insulated well enough that spices stored in a cabinet next to the range will not suffer a reduced shelf life. (We do suggest getting some small round labels at an office supply store and labeling the tops of the jars for better visibility when storing spices below eye...
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
The homeowners wanted a special place for their lunchboxes, so the designer located it next to the refrigerator for ease in packing lunches.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
One large upper cabinet is devoted to housing a beloved vintage dinnerware set.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Pot and pan drawers are deeper and made to support greater loads than conventional drawers, so you can really load them up.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
"A place for everything and everything in its place" is the ultimate goal for a perfect kitchen renovation.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
A simple cove-style crown molding maintains the clean transitional style.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
By using deeper panels on the sides of the refrigerator, we can make a standard depth refrigerator look more built-in. These are 27" deep panels instead of the usual 24" size.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Our favorite layout for the cleanup zone places the dishwasher and trash pullout on opposite sides of the sink so you can easily scrape and rinse dishes and load the dishwasher.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Before
After nearly 20 years, the original kitchen was dated and inefficient, with golden oak cabinets and tired laminate countertops.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen
Before
The small island interrupted traffic paths through the kitchen and only provided seating for two people. It was replaced with a peninsula that doubled the seating.
Litchfield, Transitional White Kitchen