1. Kitchen/family room makeover
Project Images with Details
Various views of 1100 sq ft area
Part of a 1250 sq ft renovation: complete design job also included butlers’ pantry and laundry
Goal for kitchen; to add as much storage as possible within existing footprint for a busy family cook and integrate it with a
French inspired design motif. Added kitchen features include warming oven, ice maker, second disposal and wall oven. Goal
for family room; to improve flow ,maximize seating , incorporate updated TV that could be hidden when not in use, add a
beverage center. Family room has 16’ ceiling and kitchen elevation is 8’. They are contiguous spaces with a knee wall
between.
Original kitchen and family room were removed to walls. Original fireplace was removed and gas insert supplied along
with new stone mantel. Finishes include custom glazed plaster throughout, new 16” porcelain floors laid on diagonal, hand
cut subway tile backsplash with custom designed mosaic insert, all new lighting, furnishings, custom window treatments and
accessories. Colors were kept light.
New features in kitchen; extended island, desk with storage bookcase, rebuilt pantry with new doors and inserts, added
10’5”’ of additional custom cabinetry, many specialized pull outs, new granite countertops, hanging fixtures and under-
cabinet lighting throughout.
New features in family room; dry bar, AV storage and added 14’ high built out fireplace wall with panel and architectural
ornamentation, TV remote panel component. Electronics cabinet and bookcase, 16” ornamental frieze connects with dry
bar.
All design specifications, including concept for fireplace wall, space planning , furniture , window treatments , accessory
selection and project management by S. B. Seyler, IFDA

2. New split pantry door with panel added above
beside a new ornamental footed cabinet with bi-fold base

3. View from island

4. Added custom storage footed cabinet

5. New bookcases, AV storage, dry bar with beverage refrigerator

6. Exterior wall family room ; new fireplace built out with remote panel for TV

7. Knee wall shortened, new desk and side cabinet with storage and display

8. Family room seen from 2nd floor balcony

9. Detail of frieze above family room built ins; panel molding on door surround

10. View from above looking at left corner of family room and kitchen desk

11. Left facing corner of family room showing fireplace with TV panel and chandelier

12. Opposite corner of family room, outside wall

13. End of island and slider door, Bausman kitchen table

14. End of knee wall looking into family room

15. Oven wall with microwave and warming oven, bread box etc.
Under cabinet lighting throughout

16. Looking from family room towards kitchen

17. From kitchen entry looking at custom hood and mosaic detail

18. View 2 family room into kitchen

19. View showing knee wall and location of butler’s pantry

20. View of new
sink, with
custom arch
top window
treatment,
accessories .
Trombe door
appliance
cabinet has
added electric
outlets.
Note edge of
double granite
counter top on
island.

21. Island view from end.
Custom cushions on
bar stools.
Note pull down
hanging rack is visible
From open laundry
room door.
Island and interior
wall cabinets are
finished in an
antiqued cream color
which coordinates
with the granite.
The illusion of the
lighter cabinetry on
this inside wall
expands the visual
space significantly,
since it blends more
with the glazed
plaster walls.