Chevy Chase, DC - Kitchen Remodel

Brief Explanation of the Scope of Work

We worked with a designer to renovate the kitchen in this handsome English style stone home. The existing kitchen was a 70’s remodel and had to be replaced due to a small fire behind the wall oven. The project included extensive electrical, plumbing and ventilation work.

Unusual Constraints/Challenges & Creative Solutions

The client wanted the design of the kitchen to fit in with the rest of the exquisitely restored house. They also wanted to eliminate cold and warm spots within the space. They needed a well-ventilated cooking area and they wanted to integrate the original metal casement window (the only portion of the space that wasn’t replaced) with the rest of the room. The existing layout had a 3” offset where an old incinerator chimney passed through the space. This chimney limited the cabinet layout.

The existing tile floor had cracks running through it. We replaced the existing sleepers and sub floor in order to ensure this wouldn’t happen again (knowing we would be installing a 48” Viking range and a Sub-Zero refrigerator also motivated us to make the floor really strong). The new tile floor also incorporates an electric warm tile heating system. There are no more cold spots in the kitchen.

We thinned the old chimney to get the 3 extra inches we needed. We ran a water line through it for the new pot filler. We then carefully skimmed it with concrete and laminated it with plywood to make it level and strong. The old metal casement windows are tied into the kitchen with tile work that flows into the back splash. The windows, along with their original role screens, were restored and painted.

Contributing to the old world style of the project are appliance cabinet panels that disguise all of the high-end appliances, except the 48” range.