The remodel for this house combined refacing some cabinets and building new ones as well. In the foreground you see oil-rubbed bronze fixtures for filtered water, the faucet and soap dispenser. Granite from the undermount sink was repurposed for kitchen use. The lower, glass-front cabinets in...

This view of the kitchen shows no hint of the foot-high backsplash and upper peninsula cabinets that blocked the visual and verbal flow to the room beyond before construction. Any lost storage was recaptured in the form of the hutch seen in the background, which interior was painted red to...

How convenient is this? (It has its own water connection inside the cubby.) Photo: Dan Bawden.

A narrow space beside the dishwasher was turned into a handy pull-out storage unit. Photo: Dan Bawden.

This lovely view would not be possible before the upper cabinets and tall backsplash of this counter were removed. Now there is an open flow and inviting sight lines across the kitchen. Photo: Dan Bawden.