Complete Renovation
Great room - mid-sized modern light wood floor great room idea in New York with white walls and no fireplace

2011 CAPITAL COTY AWARD HONORABLE MENTION AWARD WINNER Built circa 1980, a young couple with three children originally purchased this home for their growing family. After four years of karate, soccer, piano and other activities, however, the home was becoming too small to meet their needs. Problems started upon entering the front foyer. A 25-foot long dark hallway separated the family room and the kitchen, ending in a tiny powder room stuck in the middle of the layout. The kitchen was especially isolated, a cramped L-shaped design with a box bay breakfast bump out that was literally falling apart. The new design started with the core of the problem—the maze and separation created by the long hallways. First, the 25’ load bearing wall separating the foyer from family room was totally taken out and replaced with a long supporting beam. A French door replaced a small door and window leading to a screen porch . This action allowed lots of light to get into family and foyer. Then, the powder room was removed and the partition wall between the kitchen and family room was taken down. This created a large open concept design and greatly increased the size of the kitchen. The box bay was demolished and replaced with new walls and a large window. The plumbing for main sink and dishwasher got relocated into this box bay allowing a total transformation of the space. Now there are cabinets and counters on all sides. The doorway to the dining room was reconfigured to allow a butler area on its left. While the right side was occupied with new 36” gas range top with a decorative wood hood above it. The refrigerator, microwave/oven and pantries—the space’s tall elements—occupy one wall.. A large Island with a prep sink and beverage center for the kids occupies the center of the layout. Capable of seating up to four, family and friends can now keep the cook company. A large built-in desk area lets the kids do their homework so the parents can supervise while they prepare meals. Light cabinetry with a touch of caramel glazing and exotic granite countertops by our designers contributed to this kitchen’s elegant design. The contrasting distressed island’s darker finish matches the dinette set and other furnishings. New hardwood floors were installed throughout the first floor for a seamless look, while recess, pendant and task lighting make the space even brighter. Importantly, there’s plenty of space for parents and kids to hang out together. The kitchen is truly the heart of their home.

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

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Дизайнер - Татьяна Иванова; Фото - Евгений Кулибаба

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

Meal preparation & clean-up is a group activity for this family of 5, and full days are spent baking, cooking & canning together. They needed more functional storage and wished for a spacious and beautiful place to congregate and work seamlessly together. The peninsula and non-structural arch that divided the kitchen from the family room were removed in order to create a large open area. Also removed were the dated soffits which instantly created the feeling of higher ceilings and allowed a feature wall of beautiful encaustic tiles to run all the way up behind the custom plaster hood. Turning and positioning the new island along the width of the window wall gave the family twice as much counter space and seating. The space that was once a hallway became the perfect place to position a dining table. The new 8' window washes the space in an abundance of inviting natural daylight, showcasing views to the greenbelt adjacent to their property. The hand distressed hickory cabinet run - custom designed to house a 5' Galley Workstation - has a furniture feel and its own distinctive hardware. Classic patterned encaustic tiles and favorite colors were incorporated to reflect the family's preferences for a modern Spanish colonial feel. Wood grain porcelain tile floors make for easy cleanup for an active family with kids and dogs and a pool. Photo credit: Fred Donham of Photographerlink

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

Prepare for your day and night within the large spacious master bath, featuring a blend of classic wood accents and modern tiling.
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This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

The goal was to update this 1990's colonial's dated kitchen to improve traffic flow, increase natural light, and create a more functional and integrated connection to the outdoor pool and deck, where the family regularly entertains. The original kitchen had narrow work corridors and poor cabinet storage. Along the back of the kitchen, on the poolside, a 22’ wide by 4’ deep bump out replaced a small existing bump out. A coffered ceiling with crown molding was created, adding elegance and giving the sensation of higher ceilings. The new bump out, which has 9’ ceilings and a wall of large windows, floods the kitchen with light and backyard views. The new bump out features large, passthrough sliding windows, overlooking the pool deck, offering easy access to a floating counter for serving. Screens roll up inside mullion pockets, so the windows do not need to be kept open while serving. The bump out created space for a massive kitchen island with leathered granite counter, anchoring the room. It’s large enough for the kids to do their homework, while Mom and Dad prepare meals. The result is a bright, stylish, more functional kitchen that is better connected to the outdoors and to the rest of the home.

Close your eyes, and imagine…You just finished Thanksgiving dinner – all the fixin’s surrounded by friends and family in your new Demlang home. In this kitchen with Zodiac quartz countertops, Kohler Vault stainless sink, and a pull-out Tournant faucet, you’ll make short work of the dishes. Leftovers are quickly stashed away in the Bosch French door stainless refrigerator, leaving you to enjoy the again clean island, adorned by a hand-scraped birch soffit with industrial pendant lights. Gather in the great room and gaze up at the soaring ceilings with rustic beamed treatment, unbuckle your belt a notch and let the food coma kick-in while the tranquil flames dance in the Heat & Glo corner gas fireplace. As the ritual game of Sheepshead is kicked off in the rustic covered retreat, the bargain hunters browse ads preparing for the big shopping day. The kids land in the Command Center, playing computer games while dishtowels and linens are washed in this multi-functional room. All you can wonder is when everyone is going home – leaving you to retreat to your master suite, thankful you only have to host once a year! Black Friday arrives, and the aroma of fresh brewed coffee fills your master suite. As you sip coffee in your mirrored dressing room, you make sure your Black Friday yoga pants look just right. Who says life has to be stressful!

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.

2011 CAPITAL COTY AWARD HONORABLE MENTION AWARD WINNER Built circa 1980, a young couple with three children originally purchased this home for their growing family. After four years of karate, soccer, piano and other activities, however, the home was becoming too small to meet their needs. Problems started upon entering the front foyer. A 25-foot long dark hallway separated the family room and the kitchen, ending in a tiny powder room stuck in the middle of the layout. The kitchen was especially isolated, a cramped L-shaped design with a box bay breakfast bump out that was literally falling apart. The new design started with the core of the problem—the maze and separation created by the long hallways. First, the 25’ load bearing wall separating the foyer from family room was totally taken out and replaced with a long supporting beam. A French door replaced a small door and window leading to a screen porch . This action allowed lots of light to get into family and foyer. Then, the powder room was removed and the partition wall between the kitchen and family room was taken down. This created a large open concept design and greatly increased the size of the kitchen. The box bay was demolished and replaced with new walls and a large window. The plumbing for main sink and dishwasher got relocated into this box bay allowing a total transformation of the space. Now there are cabinets and counters on all sides. The doorway to the dining room was reconfigured to allow a butler area on its left. While the right side was occupied with new 36” gas range top with a decorative wood hood above it. The refrigerator, microwave/oven and pantries—the space’s tall elements—occupy one wall.. A large Island with a prep sink and beverage center for the kids occupies the center of the layout. Capable of seating up to four, family and friends can now keep the cook company. A large built-in desk area lets the kids do their homework so the parents can supervise while they prepare meals. Light cabinetry with a touch of caramel glazing and exotic granite countertops by our designers contributed to this kitchen’s elegant design. The contrasting distressed island’s darker finish matches the dinette set and other furnishings. New hardwood floors were installed throughout the first floor for a seamless look, while recess, pendant and task lighting make the space even brighter. Importantly, there’s plenty of space for parents and kids to hang out together. The kitchen is truly the heart of their home.

This transitional kitchen design combines amazing stylish and practical features in one space. The result is an elegant, functional, and comfortable kitchen perfect for this busy family home. The Crystal Cabinets shaker style cabinetry features a white finish on the perimeter with a matching custom hood, contrasted by a dark wood finish on the island. This is accented by a white and gray countertop and white tile backsplash with a patterned backsplash feature behind the range. The design also incorporated a full beverage bar with upper glass front cabinet doors, a beverage bar sink, and an undercounter refrigerator. A full walk-in pantry includes white cabinetry with extra countertop work space for small appliances and food preparation. The project also included a mud room, that offers everything a busy household needs, including a bench, open shelving, cabinet lockers, and chalkboards, perfect for keeping the kids school and activity supplies organized.