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We gutted the dining, kitchen, and hall areas of the house and removed the terrace and canopy.
We created a larger dining room with built-in display and storage cabinets and reconfigured the layout with a new hall that links the dining room, new kitchen, walk-in pantry, laundry room, and new mud entry.
The kitchen reflects the owner's preference for cooking Asian meals, with an island with sink for food prep and a clean-up area by the window overlooking the terrace. The kitchen ceiling was lowered and coffered for interest and drama over the island.
Other elements include an open cabinet style so everything is easy to reach and a custom hood over the Wolfe range to accommodate bottles of sauce. The counter tops are concrete. There is an under-counter refrigerator at the end of the cabinet for drinks, plus a family dining area and couch at the other end of the kitchen.
We worked closely with the owner to develop the color scheme. The dining room features back-lit display cabinets fitted precisely with custom-molded countertops of dark-blue fused glass. We picked the blue to work as an accent with the art piece on the wall. The rest of the dining room color also harmonizes with artwork. The kitchen is subtle with accents of color in the furnishings. The inside of each mud room cabinet has a different color for identification and fun.
Consulting with a landscape designer, we created a new concrete terrace partly covered with a skylit canopy that was smaller and more open than the old roof structure and blended in with the terrace and landscaping. |
