When you start a project, it's nice to know the
steps involved and what to expect at each step. In these three efforts, you
can see a kitchen, a family room, and an home entrance taking shape from
start to finish. Of course, every project will have it's own, unique
"personality", but these illustrate some of the more common steps:
removing the old material
framing the new structure
installing drywall and lighting
and painting, installing fixtures, and
finishing the project.
The Kitchen
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This kitchen felt cramped
with ceilings that were too high, resulting in poor lighting. The client
wanted a well-lighted, warm look.
The first step was lowering
the ceiling and framing the work.
Drywall and new lighting
were installed, and all counters, cabinets and appliances were removed.
Brand new counters, cabinets
and lighting achieved a warm cozy feeling, but with better lighting and
more functionality.
The Family Room
This family room also
suffered from high-ceiling lighting. Our client also wanted a new classic
fireplace to replace the little self-contained unit... and to reconfigure
the wall with new windows.
We framed soffits to lower
the lighting and achieve warmer lighting. Then we removed the old fireplace
and the large window over the old fixture.
The project takes shape with
framing for the soffits, a new wide hearth, floor-to-ceiling fireplace,
and new windows on either side of the fireplace.
The finished room has
lowered lighting, a stone hearth that unifies the room, and a spectacular
stone open-hearth fireplace. Also notice the new tall window on the
right... there's another on the left.
The Living Room
This main entrance was
completely open to the living room. Our client wanted to better-define and
separate the living room and lower the hallway ceiling.
We preserved the open
feeling of the room, but defined it with an open bookcase divider and an arch
that carried the theme of the arched front door.
Here is the project at the
drywall stage where you can see the bookcases taking form.
The finished divider now
defines the living room as a formal room, and integrates with the
architecture of the hall and front door.
These three examples were all for one
client, and you can see how we integrated the family room and kitchen into
a warm friendly gathering place.
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