Capitol Hill, DC - Kitchen Remodel

This Capitol Hill kitchen was particularly challenging, as it required a close integration of finishes.

Unusual Constraints/Challenges and Creative Solutions

The flooring is a slate from Anne Sacks that required careful sealing. It is hard to lay well as thickness and color vary from piece to piece. Thoughtful layout is required to produce a pleasing color palette.

The Island top required 2 pieces of butcher block to be seamed around the structural column and then shaped and refinished to look like one piece. The columns and sofits were trimmed in matching maple to help fuse the floor to ceiling elements.

The main counters are limestone, also from Anne Sacks. They are a relatively new system for stone as the sections come in 4’by 30” pre-finished slabs that then require only minimal additional finishing work. However, this leads to a few more seams than traditional stone counters.

The porcelain Farm sink with faucet is from Union Hardware and provides a substantial yet elegant focal point for cleanup. The sink area is accented by the higher backsplash that spills back into a custom made stainless glass window.

Overall Results

The customers invested a great deal of their time in choosing finishes, selecting colors and coordinating the many details that came up during construction. Their efforts helped make this a very appealing space with a harmony of earth tone colors.

This project cost more than $60,000 and included the entire basement level with a good deal of framing, electrical, plumbing and drywall work to get the new space ready for finishes.

	The construction opened up the circulation space and created a feeling of spaciousness.