FIDALGO ISLAND KITCHEN REMODEL FOR ARTIST COUPLE

It is my honor to be able to work with Josh Williamson of TRUE BEARING BUILT CONSTRUCTION on another project! The clients are both amazing artists and the centerpiece of the kitchen was all about the La Cornue Periwinkle Blue 110 Range and matching Hood.

https://www.truebearingbuilt.com/portfolio-items/fidalgo-island-remodel/

ARCHITECT: Island Architecture

CABINETS: Smith and Vallee Cabinet Makers

COUNTERTOPS: Creative Surfaces

PHOTOGRAPHY: Damian Vines

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This is a fully re-visioned kitchen space that is hardly recognizable as compared to the old layout. Some bold moves make all the difference! The former location of the refrigerator was turned into a butler’s pantry, allowing the workflow to be rearranged for better functionality.

A new lighting plan with dimmable LED cans and undercabinet task lighting provides a warm ambiance, greatly improving functionality throughout the kitchen. Dramatic floating shelves add definition to the space, and the countertop and tile finishes complement the warmth of the wood finishes.

The project was made possible by a collaboration between Smith and Vallee Cabinet Makers and Island Architecture. Together, they tied the client’s love of art and design by adding pops of color and unique hardware to the project.

The wrap around corner floating shelves were quite the challenge to install, but with the help of the Artist, who is a wood worker, it was a collaborative vision that came to be.

The upper counter continues as a shelf that runs in back of the sink and into the lowered window sill to become a place of distinction for future art and plants to occupy.

The window was enlarged and the sill dropped. The clients have a huge art collection that they plan on displaying and I can’t wait to get some more shots with all their collection up and displayed! It will be a transformation of this Zen look, for sure. All the up-lighting above the cabinets is for art!!!! Can’t wait to see…..

Here is a photo of that amazing stove during construction- the photographer did not get a shot of this side of the kitchen for a good after shot, sorry! Love the color!!!!

This is the kitchen before. Dark Cherry cabinets with the stove in the back and heavy upper cabinets- we punched out a wall and added a window back where the old pantry was and expanded the kitchen back to gain counter space.

Kitchen Before

Kitchen Before- see how the window sill was high and cut off view to the garden?

Here is the shot I was looking for of the finished stove side!!!!!! Art is starting to bubble in….

KITCHEN before in photos and 3D renderings on Lopez Island, WA

The layout of the house is something that the client’s parents built in the 90’s- actually 1996 to be exact. It is right on a low bluff that is 50’ from “Top of Bank”, so nothing can be added. We are trying to work within the existing shell as much as possible, but we are punching out in one corner “Under an existing deck”, so that we are not expanding the existing envelope. The Octagon currently holds the entire kitchen, with all the wasted space from the 45 degree corners that make cabinetry a bit tricky. I suggested using that space for the dining area instead of the current location and building in a window bench where people will want to be sitting there looking out over the water in 2 directions…

This would be the view when you are coming in from the entry, looking into the dining area, with the kitchen to your left. We are Option#15, and getting really close! What do you think?

This is the site on Lopez- so surrounded by water on both sides! Just Gorgeous, or what? So grateful that I get to work on such sacred land- the Coast Salish Peoples revere this area today, as their ancestors fished here for millennia and there were probably Oyster and clam farms in this bay.

This is the kitchen now,

Existing kitchen from the entry view. The window seat is going to transform this space and the new kitchen location still has fabulous views. The interior is very “Dated’ now and the son of the original owners wants to have his own signature on the house so that it feels like it is for the new generation with kids and grandchildren all there.

BLUE STOVE ALERT- It's all about the cooking altar!

The original CornuFé range, this 43" range is the center of a new kitchen that I designed for 2 artists in Anacortes. The “Periwinkle Blue” really pops out against the Rift Cut Oak cabinets- the floor is still masked off- more photos of when it is complete to follow!!!

The original CornuFé range, this 43" range is your first La Cornue love. It’s available in sixteen colors and

3 trim accent choices of Polished Brass, Satin Chrome and Polished Chrome. The CornuFé 110 features two

electric convection ovens, one of which is a seven mode multifunction oven, the other an electric convection

oven, five powerful gas burners and one large storage drawer.

Can’t wait to see it all done!

ANOTHER COVID KITCHEN REMODEL IS A SUCCESS!

This is the view from the Living Room- there used to be a wall and a door into the kitchen. Now it is opened up to the Living Room so that guests can interact and the pass thru counter acts like a gathering spot with much needed storage below. Photo credits to Damian Vines. Construction by “True Bearing Built”.

MODEL TO "IN PROGRESS" SHOTS ON GUEMES ISLAND

“Modern Farmhouse” is coming along! This is the roadside view. So exciting to see it becoming a reality!!!!

Another Roadside view