RESIDENTIAL KITCHEN
$30,000 to $60,000

Keystone Building and Design LLC Nixa, Mo. www.keystone-building-and-design.com/ default.aspx

The main goal for this homeowner was to gain more useable space in the 1970s galley kitchen and make it safe and accessible for a person with special needs. The kitchen was originally placed at the end of the home, but with this new design, the kitchen is opened and surrounded by the formal dining room, front foyer, living room and outdoor space of the home.

Because the garage was not square to the rest of the home, there was 75 square feet of space available to be used for expanding the kitchen. However, the wall between the kitchen and garage was originally supporting the roof, and the living room on the other side of the kitchen had a large vaulted ceiling. Heavy beam work was used to support the roof and ceiling system, but it was concealed above the newly raised ceiling—so the homeowner had a clear line of sight from one room to the next.

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The extra space from the garage was used to put in a cooktop area, a desk area and a mud room entry from the garage. Six-inch oak grid frames the 18x18 inch multicolored stone patterned tiles that are laid on a 45 degree angle to the room.