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Cabinet Concepts, GreensboroTraditional Kitchen Remodel, features painted & glazed beaded-inset cabinetry with rift & quartered oak accents in stylized X door design.
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Phillips DevelopmentThis home was originally a 5000 sq ft home that we remodeled and provided an addition of 11,000 sq ft.
Revealing Assets - Home Staging ServicesWe, Revealing Assets, Staged this dining room in a beautiful 2-Story Tudor-style in Edmonton, AB for the purpose of a Magazine Photo Shoot the following day. Beautiful space for entertaining with amazing architectural features!
John Kraemer & SonsA recent kitchen and master bath renovation completed by John Kraemer & Sons. Located in St. Paul, MN.
Photography: Susan Gilmore
Ernesto Santalla PLLCExcerpted from Washington Home & Design Magazine, Jan/Feb 2012
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Once ridiculed as “antipasto on the Potomac,” the Watergate complex designed by Italian architect Luigi Moretti has become one of Washington’s most respectable addresses. But its curvaceous 1960s architecture still poses design challenges for residents seeking to transform their outdated apartments for contemporary living.
Inside, the living area now extends from the terrace door to the kitchen and an adjoining nook for watching TV. The rear wall of the kitchen isn’t tiled or painted, but covered in boards made of recycled wood fiber, fly ash and cement. A row of fir cabinets stands out against the gray panels and white-lacquered drawers under the Corian countertops add more contrast. “I now enjoy cooking so much more,” says the homeowner. “The previous kitchen had very little counter space and storage, and very little connection to the rest of the apartment.”
“A neutral color scheme allows sculptural objects, in this case iconic furniture, and artwork to stand out,” says Santalla. “An element of contrast, such as a tone or a texture, adds richness to the palette.”
In the master bedroom, Santalla designed the bed frame with attached nightstands and upholstered the adjacent wall to create an oversized headboard. He created a television stand on the adjacent wall that allows the screen to swivel so it can be viewed from the bed or terrace.
Of all the renovation challenges facing the couple, one of the most problematic was deciding what to do with the original parquet floors in the living space. Santalla came up with the idea of staining the existing wood and extending the same dark tone to the terrace floor.
“Now the indoor and outdoor parts of the apartment are integrated to create an almost seamless space,” says the homeowner. “The design succeeds in realizing the promise of what the Watergate can be.”
Project completed in collaboration with Treacy & Eagleburger.
Photography by Alan Karchmer
Cameo Kitchens, Inc.Features: Custom Wood Hood with Enkeboll Corbels # CBL-AO0; Dentil Moulding; Wine Rack; Custom Island with Enkeboll Corbels # CBL-AMI; Beadboard; Cherry Wood Appliance Panels; Fluted Pilasters
Cabinets: Honey Brook Custom Cabinets in Cherry Wood with Nutmeg Finish; New Canaan Beaded Flush Inset Door Style
Countertops: 3cm Roman Gold Granite with Waterfall Edge
Photographs by Apertures, Inc.
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Spinnaker DevelopmentBuilt, designed & furnished by Spinnaker Development, Newport Beach
Interior Design by Details a Design Firm
Photography by Bowman Group Photography
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