Virginia Highlands Kitchen Renovation
This charming 1940’s cottage in Virginia Highland housed a serious cook who was ready to open her kitchen to her guests after years of making due in a cramped and inefficient space.
The desires for this renovation / addition were as follows:
• To configure the Kitchen to address the Dining area and adjacent Office area.
• To eliminate the “compartments” that separated the Kitchen into choppy areas.
• To create an aesthetic that was in keeping with the bones of the home, and compatible with the existing Early American / primitive pine furnishings.
The overall design direction was to redesign the layout into an L-configuration, allowing a large central archway (matching the existing adjacent opening) to the Study. The Kitchen would be opened into the Dining area, which would feature a built-in bench and new farm table for maximum seating.
Finishes / fixtures would consist of elements such as “honeycomb” backsplash tile and an elegant iron pendant fixture, inspired by her love of Early American style and her hobby- bee-keeping.
The desires for this renovation / addition were as follows:
• To configure the Kitchen to address the Dining area and adjacent Office area.
• To eliminate the “compartments” that separated the Kitchen into choppy areas.
• To create an aesthetic that was in keeping with the bones of the home, and compatible with the existing Early American / primitive pine furnishings.
The overall design direction was to redesign the layout into an L-configuration, allowing a large central archway (matching the existing adjacent opening) to the Study. The Kitchen would be opened into the Dining area, which would feature a built-in bench and new farm table for maximum seating.
Finishes / fixtures would consist of elements such as “honeycomb” backsplash tile and an elegant iron pendant fixture, inspired by her love of Early American style and her hobby- bee-keeping.
