June 30 Dramatic revelation about kitchen and laundry: earlier than and after
Who would not love watching dramatic earlier than and after reveals? Effectively, now could be your second, inside design lovers, as we present you this transformation from a cramped kitchen combine to a basic, unified, thoughtfully designed kitchen in Glenside, PA.
Generally all of us have to do random issues to make our kitchen work for us quickly when a direct renovation is not within the plans. This was one such kitchen, with some cupboards that had been inexperienced, some blue, and a few wood. Some had been built-in and a few free-standing, however none of them had been unified. Some counters had been white, others pale butcher blocks. All paired with pink partitions!
After picture (R) by Rebecca McAlpin.
Gone are all of the completely different finishes. We mixed all the cupboards with one extraordinarily versatile coloration: Boothbay Grey by Benjamin Moore. Likewise, all of the kitchen worktops are a heat walnut, which provides heat to the grey coloration and in addition matches the darkish wooden of the ground and butler’s pantry doorways.
One characteristic we had been excited to discover additional was the brick peeking via the plaster subsequent to the previous sink. To our delight, the brick was in a position to reveal itself through the renovation, including tons of attraction and character.
After picture (R) by Rebecca McAlpin.
Now this space is the place the oven lives. It makes far more sense to have an oven in right here as a result of the excessive wall offers us nice area for a spread hood (which is now surrounded by attractive woodwork, full with a shelf for Chinese language ceramics). And the sink that was right here earlier than was moved slightly below the home windows so the householders may benefit from the view and pure gentle whereas they washed.
The window earlier than.
The window after. Photograph by Rebecca McAlpin.
When the unique options of the house are in fine condition, we at all times like to include them into our design. Such was the case with the darkish oak cupboards within the butler’s pantry. They nonetheless look nice and retailer loads of stuff, however they had been in a little bit of a uncared for nook. We added a desk and cabinets instead of a former waiter (which sadly couldn’t be returned to make use of). Now that closet nook is an actual workhorse!
Closet earlier than and after. After picture by Rebecca McAlpin.
The Boothbay Grey cupboard coloration continues into the laundry room the place we had new cupboards constructed that add storage and a garments drying rod.
Laundry room earlier than and after. After picture by Rebecca McAlpin.
Listed below are some extra photos from this candy, candy challenge.
Images by Rebecca McAlpin.
Images by Rebecca McAlpin.
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