Houses Revisited: Herne Bay kitchen

Architect Evelyn McNamara was commissioned to renovate her shoppers’ Herne Bay villa. The home had two generously sized bedrooms, one single bed room and a loft area. McNamara remodeled it into a lightweight and spacious two storey, 4 room home with a person pleasant area to prepare dinner in and to entertain friends.

The kitchen was a major a part of this renovation. The shoppers wished to have a lightweight, open area that friends would be capable of share whereas meals is ready. In addition they wished the area to supply someplace for the kids to do supervised homework, and for casual consuming.

McNamara stored the kitchen in the identical spot as earlier than, however opened it as much as the massive eating and dwelling area. The massive bench types a U-shape, and on the north facet extends out to kind a desk area. Stools tuck neatly below the overhang when they aren’t in use. On the east wall is a second bench space that homes the espresso machine and an extra sink and creates one other casual standing space for friends to occupy.

Massive sliding home windows on the west and north sides open out to create a pleasant connection between the kitchen and the backyard, pool and deck exterior. The smaller window permits the prepare dinner to move meals and plates out to the barbeque chef on the deck and each home windows imply the shoppers can regulate the pool.

The fabric palette is usually white. The Osprey Cesarstone bench prime and and white lacquered MDF cabinetry is offset with a daring, black tiled splashback behind the vary. The cool colors had been used to enhance the nice and cozy, unique kauri hardwood flooring. The cupboards have a glossy end with cleverly recessed matt chrome drawer pulls.

This kitchen is a classy and alluring spot for household and pals to assemble, with a lightweight and open ambiance. It ties in nicely with the seamless renovation of this traditional Auckland villa.

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