The transformation of this kitchen from a cramped box with horrible wallpaper to a spacious, modern room gives me hope for my own outdated kitchen. The new kitchen—which was created by opening up all the walls and combining a series of smaller rooms—features enviable amounts of counter space, a pretty block of cedar paneling and glossy white cabinets.
This kitchen needed a full-scale remodel, so the homeowners called up the design build firm Vanillawood to step in and transform the grim room into an inviting kitchen. The first step was to open up the space and create a layout that provided good traffic flow, plenty of workspace, and lots of storage. The designers chose to anchor the room with a large island topped with Carrara marble and supported by a bank of cabinets and drawers. The generous width of the countertop means this kitchen can happily accommodate more than one cook.
Stainless steel accents, including the Electrolux appliances, Blanco sink, Hansgrohe Interaktiv faucet, and Sugatsune hardware gleam under the glow cast by a trio of glass pendants and canister lights. The wood accents create a warm counterpoint to the white cabinets and countertops and make this spare, modern space feel cozy.
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The new kitchen looks amazing on its own! However, it's hard to compare the old and new since there's only one photo of the old kitchen.
yeah why even post it as a "Before and after." You can't tell anything based on the photos. Just say "here's a cool modern kitchen we like."
cool new kitchen! would love to see more pictures of it its beautiful.
although i agree with JNS, when i see a before picture im expecting to see existing elements transformed, not ripped out and rebuilt completely different.
The sleek new kitchen is certainly splendid (but as one who washes a lot of dishes, I don't understand why anyone who is building an all new kitchen would face the sink to a wall), but I agree with the others. One little photo of the old kitchen can scarcely make us appreciate the new kitchen.
And one other little complaint: it irks me when the previous kitchen, or bathroom, or whatever the room may be, is criticized and slammed as being horrid or ugly, et cetera. I've seen a lot of "before" kitchens that I would be thrilled to have. We all understand "outdated" but that's not a slander against the previous occupant.
I agree with the others that mention the lack of before pictures as making it hard to tell exactly what we're looking at. Though the after looks like an amazing job and a huge improvement, regardless. It looks sleek, clean and really well done.
Congratulations on the new kitchen!. We are in the process of
designing a new kitchen and after seeing yours completed we wanted to
know what sort of hood you installed for the kitchen, downdraft? And
if so, is it recirculating? We are thinking on installing an induction
cooker on an island and we don't know how we are going to exhaust the
cooking fumes. If it is recirculating, where does it blow on to? Side
of the island?
Also, the lighting looks great, what brand did u used for those?
Doesn't even seem like a real before/after. I concur with the previous commenters - if you're going to do a before/after, the whole point is to show us transformations.
In an attempt to see if Vanillawood had any before and after pictures to look at, I ended up perusing their entire website, to no avail.
This to me feels like a plug for the company and if that was the intention, why mislead the reader and say 'Before and After'?
I have to agree with SUNNYBLUE. It is a pet peeve of mine when designers diss the 'before' design.Someone liked it, loved their family in it, and paid hard-earned $$ for it. And, frankly, a sink facing a wall would drive me up a wall! Whoever designed this doesn't do much clean-up. The "granny" part is just so disrespectful. You all should be so lucky.
I think removing the wall paper would have given a terrific opportunity to tweak for a cool, vintage kitchen instead of a gut renovation with nice, expensive, predictable results. I guess it depends on what the rest of the house looks like . . . .
@ Sunnyblue: I would face a new sink to a wall. Having sliced open my hand on a glass that I hadn't noticed had broken as I was washing dishes, I'm now extremely cautious & couldn't care less about anything but the task at hand (pun intended). Seriously, I'm the zen dishwasher, no view required.
My sink faces a window to my backyard and a couple of houses a distance away. The sunshine coming through and the bird sightings make sink chores worth the work. And I have a dishwasher! Can't imagine facing a wall - why would a professional (kitchen designer) do that?
Hi everyone. Thanks for your feedback. We'll be adding a few more 'Before' shots soon to round out the post!
Sure. If you hire a professional firm to redesign and rebuild your kitchen wouldn't you expect it to be modern, or traditional, or Spanish, or anything you like? The kitchen is very nice, but not sure what makes it blogworthy. Maybe a tour would have shown something the pictures don't.