Breakfast Bar Designs & Ideas
Karr Bick Kitchen and BathDenash Photography, Designed by Jenny Rausch C.K.D. Clean open kitchen with wood flooring, off white cabinetry, and large wood hood. White marble island countertop and decorative stools.
Crystal Kitchen + BathFebruary and March 2011 Mpls/St. Paul Magazine featured Byron and Janet Richard's kitchen in their Cross Lake retreat designed by JoLynn Johnson.
Honorable Mention in Crystal Cabinet Works Design Contest 2011
A vacation home built in 1992 on Cross Lake that was made for entertaining.
The problems
• Chipped floor tiles
• Dated appliances
• Inadequate counter space and storage
• Poor lighting
• Lacking of a wet bar, buffet and desk
• Stark design and layout that didn't fit the size of the room
Our goal was to create the log cabin feeling the homeowner wanted, not expanding the size of the kitchen, but utilizing the space better. In the redesign, we removed the half wall separating the kitchen and living room and added a third column to make it visually more appealing. We lowered the 16' vaulted ceiling by adding 3 beams allowing us to add recessed lighting. Repositioning some of the appliances and enlarge counter space made room for many cooks in the kitchen, and a place for guests to sit and have conversation with the homeowners while they prepare meals.
Key design features and focal points of the kitchen
• Keeping the tongue-and-groove pine paneling on the walls, having it
sandblasted and stained to match the cabinetry, brings out the
woods character.
• Balancing the room size we staggered the height of cabinetry reaching to
9' high with an additional 6” crown molding.
• A larger island gained storage and also allows for 5 bar stools.
• A former closet became the desk. A buffet in the diningroom was added
and a 13' wet bar became a room divider between the kitchen and
living room.
• We added several arched shapes: large arched-top window above the sink,
arch valance over the wet bar and the shape of the island.
• Wide pine wood floor with square nails
• Texture in the 1x1” mosaic tile backsplash
Balance of color is seen in the warm rustic cherry cabinets combined with accents of green stained cabinets, granite counter tops combined with cherry wood counter tops, pine wood floors, stone backs on the island and wet bar, 3-bronze metal doors and rust hardware.
Find the right local pro for your project
Jane Group Inc.Modern farmhouse bespoke kitchen complete with two-toned cabinets, clean and long hardware, and custom range hood finished to match exposed I beams. Photo by Jeff Herr Photography.
CG&S Design-BuildDesign by Joanna Hartman | Project Management by Jim Venable | Photo by Paul Finkel
This space features knotty alder cabinets from Amazonia Cabinets; backpainted glass with outlet by Anchor Ventana; New White Oak floors stained to match existing by Big D's Hardwood Floors; paint, Kelly-Moore Pure White 7005 SW; Kraus undermount sink from Ferguson Enterprises; oak IKEA butcher block counter; Sergei Sputnik Ceiling Lamp; Frigidaire appliances; 3cm Calacutta gold marble on the cooktop, surround, and sink counter; and paintings by Sarah Lantz and Court Lurie.
The Design YardFumed Eucalyptus & gloss white lacquered contemporary kitchen with WOLF & Sub-Zero appliances
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