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Intent on maintaining the original design of their 20th-century row house, this Washington, D.C, bunch forfeited a more modern kitchen design for convention’s sake. Rather than open the kitchen to the adjoining dining area, they maintained the galley-style kitchen and eat-in booth in the back of the house and replaced with the cabinetry, finishes and…
A love of classic tools and mechanics inspired the homeowner to base his kitchen entire material palette on one object. “At our initial meeting for the undertaking, he showed me that a 1920s General Electric voltmeter and stated, ‘This is what I want the room to feel as though,’” says designer Amy Sklar. Kitchen at…
The kitchen work triangle can feel like a mystery to some homeowners. The expression is thrown about very often in kitchen layout — but how necessary is it? Since appliances are easily the most expensive part of a kitchen remodel, deciding what can fit into your brand new kitchen and in which it can go…
Anyone who is familiar with Ottawa’s winters will probably tell you: It gets cold in those parts. So when Andrew Reeves’ clients came to him later deciding on a plot of land for their dream home, they expressed visions of a shelter from the biting cold that didn’t detach them from character, along with a…
The butler’s pantry was a smallish room used for keeping your family silver and china that is proper and for serving foods, as a staging location. Now that most people do not have butlers, this room, also identified as a pantry, has has brought a new type as storage and a wetbar and homework area.…
Appropriate wine storage isn’t only for these severe (occasionally pompous) oenophiles anymore. Similarly, creating space for a few wine taste and chilling is not restricted to 10,000-square foot showhouses anymore, possibly. Designers have come up with a wide range of smart methods to integrate wine refrigerators, if they concealed behind panels are tucked in to…