kitchens - not award winning

1980’s production colonial home in great falls owned into a dysfunctional run of the mill kitchen with an cook top in the island, the cabinetry was drag looking, the vinyl floor was worn out, and the storage was limited. We redesigned the entire space to add extra space from corners and bulkheads and relocating the […]

PROBLEM: Returning from an extended overseas posting, this homeowner decided to reoccupy the 1970’s contemporary that he had previously established as a rental property. A primary objective was to remodel and substantially upgrade the original kitchen, which was too dark and cramped, and had become worn and dated. Several features of the existing floor plan

This older home was in desperate need for kitchen face lift. We pulled and replaced the existing kitchen and took advantage of a lot of dead space and introduced a new design and brought in upgraded appliances, quartz counters, better lighting, and new hardwood flooring. This has made this kitchen the bright spot of their

PROBLEM: Owner of this Fairfax Station circa-1990’s center hall Colonial production house were seeking a substantial upgrade in both the functionality and aesthetics of the existing 14 x 21 kitchen as follows: [Dropped ceiling—which rests on a load-bearing beam and conceals second floor plumbing– has the effect of making the kitchen’s restricted footprint seem even

PROJECT SCOPE This Alexandria couple have been occupying a small 1960’s Cape Cod for many years. They love the home’s style and scale, but– with a growing family — are now looking for ways to enlarge and upgrade their existing interior: augmenting storage capacity, introducing work triangles at critical junctures, creating a more workable space

The Program Owner of this Fairfax Station (VA) late-1990’s custom home had come to recognize limitations to the home’s original country-style kitchen that prohibited merging use requirements. They sought to enhance the possibilities of the existing space plan, improve traffic and efficiencies and significantly upgrade the interior itself. Some of the principal program requirements included:

PROBLEM: Long-time owners of a 1950s Rambler in Arlington wanted to upgrade their kitchen and better integrate the space with a rarely used sunroom, which had been added years earlier. Traffic between the kitchen and dining room was constricted due to narrow doorway. The owners also wanted more storage and food preparation space – along

PROBLEM: After occupying their 1990’s center hall Colonial for many years, the owners—a middle-aged couple– had gradually identified a series of functional and aesthetic problems with existing 12’ x 18’ kitchen/breakfast area and its contiguous rooms. Chief among these: an adjacent dining room (12’ x 14’)—separated from the kitchen by a bearing wall—was seldom used

PROBLEM After years of occupancy, the middle-aged owners of circa-1990’s Colonial were looking for ways to improve the comfort and functionality of rear rooms that include the kitchen and an adjacent family room. Among evident problems: the kitchen floor plan is poorly-conceived and cramped for space causing unnecessary inefficiencies in many food preparation tasks, the

This 1970’s home with a builder grade cabinets, counters and peninsula was crying for help. The dropped ceiling with embedded florescent lights was a way to hide all the second floor plumbing but was the biggest drag of the kitchen, we have removed all the drop ceilings and the bulk heads and relocated the entire