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Two-Cook Kitchen with Yellow Cabinets

Kitchen with yellow cabinets, stainless steel appliances, wood floor.

Designed by Jennifer Turtle,  The Kitchen Guild, Fairfax, VA  

Initial Budget: $40,000

 

Final Cost: $47,000. Ultimately the clients chose to remove a wall and open the kitchen to the rest of the house, adding $7,000 to the price of their kitchen remodel.

 

Clients' Goals:

  • Lighten up the dark, U-shaped kitchen.
  • Create more functional storage space, especially in the corners.
  • Create more countertop space.
  • Allow two cooks to work in the kitchen at the same time.
  • Have yellow cabinets.

 

Designer's Solutions

  • Removed one wall to open the kitchen up to the rest of the house, allowing for a more spacious floor plan.
  • Added a post for structural support, which helped define the kitchen area.
  • Raised the kitchen ceiling to open the space to the adjoining family room and its sloped ceiling.
  • Added taller wall cabinets for more storage space.
  • Added corner cabinets with an open shelf for easier access.

 

Cabinets: Dutch Mills custom framed maple cabinets with Shaker-style doors and a painted, glazed finish. Accessories: Pull-out can racks, pull-out pantry cabinets, roll-out shelves, cove molding and oil-rubbed bronze pulls and knobs.

 

Appliances: Dacor cooktop, oven and warming drawer; Fisher & Paykel dishwasher drawer; Jenn-Air cabinet-depth refrigerator; Sharp convection microwave oven and Miele ventilation hood.

 

Countertops: Giallo Veneziano granite with an eased edge and matching backsplash

 

Flooring: Teak floors

 

Sink: Blanco stainless steel undermount double-bowl sink

 

Disposal: Insinkerator

 

Lighting: six recessed lights and track lighting over sink