Before & After: Renovation of our 1956 red-brick triple-fronted home
Here are some images of the new kitchen to start things off:
BEFORE (old dining room location now the kitchen):
BEFORE (old kitchen location now the dining room):
AFTER:
The space where the microwave is will fit a steam oven (gotta wait for the very empty coffers to fill up a bit!)
You can see the little galley-style walk-in pantry at the far right. This is the back wall. It can be seen from the living areas, so I opted for drawers and upper cupboards so everything is neatly tucked away from view:
And this is the front, with open shelving and room for appliances (plus the shelf under the bench will fit the MW when I get that steam oven):
My tiled backsplash, which I love. These are 300x600 tiles but they look like individual hexagons, some matt, some gloss, some etched in a lacy-leafy pattern. Really lovely - photo doesn't do it justice.
And my pendant lights. I wanted something a little different than the standard 3 matching pendants over the island:
A huge thank you to the Houzz community for all your advice and input, especially the amazingly talented and incredibly generous siriuskey and oklouise.
I am thrilled with the outcome! I'll try to post pics of the rest of the house soon :)
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Thank you for your positive feedback. Soooo much thought went into the design (as siriuskey can attest to, I spent many months with a tape measure in my hand ;)
Here is the final design with measurements for the pantry.
I LOVE my little pantry! It does so much in such a small space. Pantries these days are often like a second kitchen, and are so large that you have to walk miles to get anything. With this design, everything is at my fingertips like a cupboard-style pantry, but it has the benchtops for all my appliances, and drawers for convenience.
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