Capitol Hill, DC - Kitchen Remodel
Brief Explanation of the Scope
of Work
The single female client who
owned this older semi attached row house on Capitol
Hill wanted a kitchen on her first floor in what was
a guest bedroom. She had a kitchen in the basement,
but wanted to make the basement a rental unit. Originally
she also wanted a porch off the back of the house with
a stair that would connect with her back yard at the
basement level. This subsequently was but on hold for
budget reasons.
Unusual
Constraints/Challenges & Creative
Solutions
1) The goal of the client was to install a kitchen
on the first floor so that the basement with the existing
kitchen could be used as a rental unit.
2) The removal of an
interior wall and opening up the stairs increases
the traffic flow and opens up
the sight lines within the house. Ample counter top
space allows for many work areas as well as informal
eating at the center island. All of the materials chosen
are extremely cost effective & functional, laminate,
butcher block, and stainless steel. With the lighting
we provided recessed for general lighting, decorative
track lighting for the island, and for all the work
counters.
3) The goal esthetically was to open up the back of
the first floor, allowing more light into the space.
The use of Ikea cabinets gives the kitchen a contemporary
feel. We mounted the Ikea cabinets directly the one
exposed brick wall to contrast the other finished walls
and to give the kitchen additional texture.
4) The one innovative solution we came up with was
the closing off of the stairwell. This allows for more
storage. One of the two back windows was opened to
accommodate a custom door that was to lead to the future
porch and stairs to the back yard.
5) One of our most challenging aspects of this job
was working with a tight budget. The Ikea cabinets
and laminate tops helped.
Overall Results
The final result is a very generous contemporary kitchen
directly behind the living room. The openness of
the plan and kitchen lends itself to entertaining
and having friends over. This project was featured on Southern Living magazine (to read article click on image below).
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