This is the house where our clients’ family comes to eat great meals and connect during the holidays. Their knack for cooking large meals when their grown children and grandchildren visit required this space to be opened for better circulation and provide plenty of seating.

There was a six-foot wide pantry that had a window in it, so we converted it to built-in seating to utilize during those big family gatherings. Then we relocated the pantry into the kitchen and  integrated it into the cabinets.

The kitchen at first had a desk and an island that was too large and didn’t provide enough functional storage. We addressed that by adding in modern cabinetry while respecting the home’s old-school Victorian style. We presented two paint options to our client – one conservative (white) and the other a wild card (green), and we are so glad they went with the wild card! Some of our favorite projects are when clients took design risks.

This project won Houzz’s 2014 Kitchen of the Year and was recognized by Coco Kelly, Studio McGhee and This Old House Magazine.