Kitchen Remodel
The challenges I had were lack of space. She wanted the Miele white glass steam ovens, he wanted a 48"W integrated refrigerator, more storage, wanted better lighting, and they wanted to have stained cabinetry.
To capture more space, I enclosed the outdoor patio, which then became a place for the 48"W refrigerator and the bar area.
I knew I needed to somehow integrate white into the kitchen, otherwise the ovens would stick out like a sore thumb. I also knew I did not want the 48"W integrated refrigerator to have wood door fronts as the kitchen would look too heavy on the left side, somehow I needed to get white over there. The solution was those refrigerator doors needed to somehow look like white glass.
Miele was gracious enough to send me a glass sample of the oven front so after many trips to the paint store I was able to come up with a formula that matched the Miele glass and my cabinet fabricator came up with a paint finish to make the glossy finish look even more like glass door fronts, plus improve the durability. The refrigerator doors are actually wood NOT glass. Did I fool your eye?
The Sapele I presented to them because of the light it casts, and the linear look which gives their kitchen that contemporary flair they so wished for. We experimented with different finish samples, but in the end just clear coated the cabinetry. I also did the back splash in white glass and up to ceiling over the sink area, which coordinates with their existing white vinyl window and I had the window trimmed out using Sapele so the area was not over flooded with white.
The countertops we selected a white quartz product, and selected pendants with white, as it casts more reflective light and again brings in the white in order to balance out the Miele ovens.
We removed their existing tile floors and replaced with wood through out their entire house, except the bedrooms and the living room areas.