07/04/2025
This kitchen will forever be close to my heart for so many reasons....
Aside from being located in my hometown of Biggar, this kitchen was originally designed by my clients mother and was the home her family gathered at for many Christmas's. All of her nieces, nephews and children grew up considering this “gramma and grampas house”.
Now that this is her 'new' and forever home, she wanted to do some updates, but also wanted to honor and keep as much of the original cabinetry as possible and keep some of that original heart in the home.
This project was a collaborative effort that involved her vision of what she wanted in her kitchen, with us helping to bring it together, and also having Lenny and Dave from Springwater who we contracted to build her gorgeous island, new doors and also new boxes where needed.
We'd also like to mention her son who helped her tear out the wall that used to separate the kitchen from the dining room, and our client herself who was super excited to do alot of the initial cabinet removal.
Many adjustments were made along the way as the vision started to come alive and we all worked together to make it as perfect as possible.
We re-purposed as many original boxes as we could..
We added new crown molding, sprayed all new doors / boxes/ crown and existing boxes to match and for the same price as what she was quoted for a brand new basic kitchen....she also got an extra room of cabinetry in what will be her wine and coffee bar, as well as her amazing custom hood fan! All drawers are soft close and solid pre - finished plywood (only adding to the custom finishing).
We love this kitchen so much, because so much love existed before, and we were able to help extend that love into future generations and were also able to help keep a part of what her mother originally created alive.
Our client also had a vision for a warm, custom hood fan, so again - we had Lenny and Dave build the hood fan and although it took many hours to finish, the custom finish on her hood fan is something to be desired for sure !
Once the backsplash is installed as well as her new lighting, it will all tie together and we will do a follow up post.
She chose the warm off-white color of Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore for her cabinets and her hood fan was sprayed in Onyx (also a Benjamin Moore color) with white oak accent pieces stained in Jacobean.
We love it - what do you think?