Designed by Mary Mitchell

Residential Kitchen
Georgetown Kitchen
Over $100,000
MERIT AWARD

This construction project was driven by many customer needs. Three main ones were:1) expand an existing kitchen into a larger, brighter, more open and modern SieMatic kitchen (designed by Mary Mitchell) with high quality fixtures, appliances and accessories; 2) allow easy access between the kitchen and back yard entertainment terrace, and 3) incorporate a bright and sunny breakfast area with an adjacent sophisticated media wall.
To achieve these goals a three story addition was constructed and the old kitchen was gutted. The kitchen now takes advantage of a new wall of south facing windows and a new door that connects a breakfast area to the raised entertainment terrace. The media wall in the breakfast area is flanked by built in cabinets that are part of the overall cabinetry design for the kitchen. This ties the front and back areas of this larger kitchen into one grand space yet gives each area a specific feel and function.
The granite island as centerpiece helps connect the kitchen and breakfast area. It allows traffic flow to either side of the island from the breakfast and back door, through the working kitchen, to two separate door openings leading to the formal dining room.
One difficult obstacle to overcome was the desire to have a seamless, flat ceiling line between the existing room and addition. To eliminate the structural beam soffit at the exterior wall opening the I-beam was changed to an inverted, heavy gage angle iron. This lets the sheet rock ceiling pass below in one smooth plane.
Evidence of superior craftsmanship is exemplified in several areas. These include venting, sound insulating and careful finishing around the five foot-ten inch long custom Chang exhaust hood, relocating an entire HVAC system, tying together existing and new ceramic floor tile, coordinating complicated control wiring and devices throughout the work areas and working with SieMatic to bring finishes, systems and details together.
The customers are really happy in and proud of their new kitchen.