The challenge was to turn a claustrophobic and dark kitchen with a lack of counter space into a modern dream kitchen, that would not look out of place in this century old, brick Tudor.

We started by removing two doorways that did nothing but constrict the traffic flow in the kitchen. One allowed us to connect the kitchen with a small cluttered entryway and create a real, usable length of countertop space. The window in that old entry also helped add great natural light to the whole kitchen. The full demo allowed us to add plenty of new general, task, and accent lighting. The creative mixture of painted upper cabinets also helped to lighten the feel of the room.

The old entry into the kitchen from the rest of the house was via a small 32" door opening and it kept the kitchen visually and physically separated from the rest of the home. We chose to match several of the other historic plaster arches in the home when we opened up the entire wall that connects to the dining room.

The room needed a dynamic focal point and by removing all the upper cabinets around the stove area, and building a unique, one of a kind hood he had our spot. Adding the marble harlequin tile and vintage sconces really completed the look.

Part of the challenge when remodeling a 80 yr old,historic beauty is to balance the new with the feel and charm of an old home. We were very conscious about how all our choices, from tile, counters, lighting, moldings, to the cabinets and hood melded with the entire home and its overall "presence"