MCM meets 2020 Remodel
PROJECT DETAILS
Remodel Type: Kitchen & Dining Room
Design Style: Modern
BEFORE CONDITIONS
- Peninsula with overhead cabinets blocked light and cut off breakfast table from kitchen
- Finishes stuck in the 1970s and 1980s
- Not enough functional counter space for all the small appliances and room to prep
- Range next to the doorway to the dining room was dangerous
- Narrow doorway cut off sight lines to the living room and hallway to bedrooms
- No space for all the paperwork that comes in and out daily with 4 school-aged children and her cookbook collection
DESIGN SOLUTIONS
- Removed peninsula cabinetry
- Created built-in banquette
- Widen archway from the kitchen to landing and living room to improve sightlines and create a connection between the rooms
- Relocated oven and refrigerator to new panty wall
- Relocated cooktop with a real vent hood away from the doorway
- Created appliance pantries with integrated power, lights and quartz counters for easy daily access to key small appliances without cluttering the main counters
- Updated the dining room with new doors for built-ins reusing the original metal inserts in the doors
- Created a drop zone separated from the main kitchen work zone complete with a file cabinet and tech station
THE DETAILS
- Playful mix of colors on-trend with 2019-2020 Color Forecasts (Coral, Navy, True Brown, Grey, Brass/Gold) while still appropriate for this mid-century home
- Appliance pantries – one is the coffee station and the other is the breakfast station, complete with rollouts for breakfast staples
- New modern lighting throughout and new recessed LED lighting for improved zone lighting options throughout the day
- Classic 1960s design integrated into the modern space with inexpensive reproductions of Saarinen Tulip chairs, Saarinen Oval Dining Table, Platner Dining Table, and the modern Ghost Chairs
![ASID-Award](https://colleenfoxinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ASID-Award.jpg)
PROJECT DETAILS
Remodel Type: Kitchen & Dining Room
Design Style: Modern
Trade Resources and Partners
Photography: Alyssa Lee Photography
Contractor: The Whisker Group
Appliances: Warner’s Stellian
Counters: Silestone from MN Tile & Stone
Tile Flooring: Kate-Lo
LVT Flooring: ProSource
Pendant Over Banquette: Target
From The Client
“Colleen was a joy to work with. She calmed my crazy, interpreted my needs and translated my aesthetic to the wonderful crew that she hooked me up with. As a family of 6, we cook a lot. The style was important but functionality was necessary. Colleen took the time to figure out my cooking style; tools and patterns that I use daily. Then she worked within my budget and design style to come up with a truly unique, beautiful, and functional kitchen layout. I would recommend Colleen without hesitation!”
– Jen
MORE TO EXPLORE
About Colleen
![ColleenSlack-Headshot-Horizontal](http://colleenfoxinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ColleenSlack-Headshot-Horizontal.jpg)
I live in Minneapolis with my landscape architect/urban designer husband, my daughter who believes she’s my design assistant and sous chef, an independent Siamese, a feisty grey-striped kitten, and a menagerie of turkeys and other wild animals who visit our backyard for the free food. When I’m not designing, you’ll often find me cooking up a Paleo feast, cheering for my daughter's volleyball team, playing pickleball, or hiding in a corner with my nose in a book.