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Old World Kitchen Remodel

Large kitchen with wood cabinets, big island, white farmhouse sink.

Designed by Peg Perren,  Cabinet-S-Top, Medina, OH.

Initial Budget: $38,000

 

Final Cost: $39,000.

 

Client’s Goals:

  • Update a 20-year-old, builder-quality kitchen.
  • Create an Old World look.
  • Improve efficiency of workspace to suit two cooks.
  • Remove soffits, especially the one over the island.
  • Replace dated tile floor with new tile in kitchen and entry.
  • Install new and better lighting.

 

Designers’ Solutions:

  • Moved refrigerator to more convenient place next to pantry.
  • Removed soffits to allow for cabinets of varied heights, and to open space visually over island.
  • Created focal point from family room with large hood and backsplash.
  • Angled base cabinet to allow easier access through narrow dining room doorway.
  • Included an 18-inch deep microwave wall cabinet with left end extended to hide kitchen appliances from view of family room.

 

Cabinets: Medallion Cabinetry in maple with a cashew stain and raised-panel doors. Beadboard panels on custom wooden hood and island. Accessories: Roll-out shelves, trash pull-out, appliance garage, full-extension drawer glides, lazy Susan, burnished chrome cup pulls and knobs, undercabinet lights, and crown molding with rope insert.

 

Appliances: Pro-style stainless steel slide-in gas range. Dishwasher with cabinet panel.

 

Countertops: Granite countertop on island; laminate countertop with beveled edge on the perimeter.

 

Backsplash: 4-inch by 4-inch stone-like ceramic tile on a diagonal with sunflower raised decos.

 

Flooring: 12-inch by 12-inch ceramic tile floor with 2-inch by 2-inch teal deco inserts

 

Sink: American Standard apron-front farm sink

 

Faucet: High-arc Delta faucet in brushed nickel with separate sprayer and filtered-water faucet

 

Lighting: Recessed lights