Kitchen/family room makeover Project Images with Details

Various views of 1100 sq ft areaPart of a 1250 sq ft renovation: complete design job also included butlers’ pantry and laundry

Goal for kitchen; to add as much storage as possible within existing footprint for a busy family cook and integrate it with a French inspired design motif. Added kitchen features include warming oven, ice maker, second disposal and wall oven. Goal for family room; to improve flow ,maximize seating , incorporate updated TV that could be hidden when not in use, add a beverage center. Family room has 16’ ceiling and kitchen elevation is 8’. They are contiguous spaces with a knee wall between.

Original kitchen and family room were removed to walls. Original fireplace was removed and gas insert supplied along with new stone mantel. Finishes include custom glazed plaster throughout, new 16” porcelain floors laid on diagonal, hand cut subway tile backsplash with custom designed mosaic insert, all new lighting, furnishings, custom window treatments and accessories. Colors were kept light.

New features in kitchen; extended island, desk with storage bookcase, rebuilt pantry with new doors and inserts, added 10’5”’ of additional custom cabinetry, many specialized pull outs, new granite countertops, hanging fixtures and under-cabinet lighting throughout.

New features in family room; dry bar, AV storage and added 14’ high built out fireplace wall with panel and architectural ornamentation, TV remote panel component. Electronics cabinet and bookcase, 16” ornamental frieze connects with dry bar.

All design specifications, including concept for fireplace wall, space planning , furniture , window treatments , accessory selection and project management by S. B. Seyler, IFDA

New split pantry door with panel added abovebeside a new ornamental footed cabinet with bi-fold base

View from island

Added custom storage footed cabinet

New bookcases, AV storage, dry bar with beverage refrigerator

Exterior wall family room ; new fireplace built out with remote panel for TV

Knee wall shortened, new desk and side cabinet with storage and display

Family room seen from 2nd floor balcony

Detail of frieze above family room built ins; panel molding on door surround

View from above looking at left corner of family room and kitchen desk

Left facing corner of family room showing fireplace with TV panel and chandelier

Opposite corner of family room, outside wall

End of island and slider door, Bausman kitchen table

End of knee wall looking into family room

Oven wall with microwave and warming oven, bread box etc. Under cabinet lighting throughout

Looking from family room towards kitchen

From kitchen entry looking at custom hood and mosaic detail

View 2 family room into kitchen

View showing knee wall and location of butler’s pantry

View of new sink, with custom arch top window treatment, accessories . Trombe door appliance cabinet has added electric outlets.

Note edge of double granite counter top on island.

Island view from end.

Custom cushions on bar stools.

Note pull down hanging rack is visible

From open laundry room door.

Island and interior wall cabinets are finished in an antiqued cream color

which coordinates with the granite.

The illusion of the lighter cabinetry on this inside wall expands the visual space significantly, since it blends more with the glazed plaster walls.