Working with designer Anastasia Berta, we opened the kitchen to the dining room and rebuilt the master bath around a soaking tub, a large walk-in shower, and a double vanity.
The finished space.
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The Homeowners’ Challenge
The kitchen was the original from the 1950s, and a wall between it and the dining room made both rooms feel small and isolated. The footprint was awkward too, with a garage door, several windows, and doors the homeowners wanted to keep.
The master bath had the opposite problem: plenty of square footage around it, but little inside it. It was small, dark, and cramped, with an awkwardly placed window and closets lining two of its walls.
Our Solution
We confirmed the wall between the kitchen and dining room was not load bearing and took it out. That let us reshape the kitchen into a more workable layout, with a peninsula connecting it to the dining room. To keep counter space in a small galley, the induction cooktop sits beneath the porcelain countertop and disappears when it is off, and the range hood is flush-mounted in the ceiling so nothing hangs between the kitchen and dining room.
The homeowners were already converting an adjacent bedroom into their walk-in closet, so we removed the closets around the bath and used that space to build a much larger room. It now holds a freestanding soaking tub, a walk-in shower with a new window, a separate water closet, and a vanity with two sinks.
Materials
Kitchen
Waypoint in Painted Linen, with Maple Rye floating shelves and bench top
Magnifica Encore Silver Serenity porcelain
Sartoria T-Box ceramic tile in Seashell
Invisacook induction cooktop under the countertop, Zephyr Lux flush-mount ceiling hood
Brizo Litze kitchen and beverage faucets
Master Bath
Waypoint in Maple Cider with a Rainbow Stone Royal Taj Mahal quartz top
Tile Club Japandi Maple Slat and Daltile Akoya Ivory porcelain, with a Harmonic Adante hexagon mosaic shower floor
Hydrosystems Marquis freestanding soaking tub
Delta Trinsic throughout
The Result
The kitchen and dining room now read as one bright space, and the kitchen works harder than its size suggests. The master bath went from a cramped room boxed in by closets to a spa-style suite with room for two.
How We Solved It: Every decision in this remodel, from the hidden cooktop to the borrowed closet space, came from a specific problem. Read the full story in our case study: A Hidden Cooktop and a Bath Built From Closets.
Love This Remodel? Let’s Create Yours
Ready to open up your kitchen or turn a cramped bath into a retreat? Schedule a consultation with Kaminskiy Design and Remodeling to start planning your remodel.
