Kitchen Remodel in Novato

This client was looking for a modern look and also wanted to open up the kitchen to the family room. 

We researched removing the posts and beams and found they were not structural, simply a design feature and we could therefore safely remove the posts. The existing pantry wasn't an efficient storage option for the clients, so replaced the existing U shaped shelving and replaced them with pull out drawers that utilized cabinet depth to make the wall flow without any interruptions.  

This was a dated kitchen in a rental unit.  Due to the soffit, the upper cabinets were to low to the counter top, restricting the work and creative space for all those fun meals. This kitchen needed some updating with brighter colors and a little revamp of the design. 

For the demo I brought in my wife who needed some therapy.  You can see who wields the bigger hammer in this family.

I think you can see how much more light and space became available with shorter upper cabinets and the continuous countertop instead of tile  creates a space that is much easier to clean.

This was a fun project, as we took an old kitchen and needed to move some things around. There were three kids in the household, and we needed to make the eating area more efficient while keeping the access open to the backyard and the barbeque. For this we created a bench seat and installed a 5-foot-wide barn door, allowing us more seating in a space saving design and to have a full 5-foot wide barn door to the backyard. 

The head chef and head of household, in this case, Mom, would rather have a gas range facing the kitchen, versus an electric facing away from the kitchen into a blank wall. At the same time, she wanted an opening to be able to communicate with her kids as they are doing their homework, projects and arts & crafts at the dining room table.