Sunset Avenue Project Background
Our clients purchased a rundown Victorian home, built in a shore town’s glory days of the early 20th century. The home would become their weekend haven to escape the busy city. A place to welcome friends and family, and enjoy the coastal area’s evolving cultural and culinary scene.
The house, although beautiful in its character, was in need of a top to bottom renovation. The client’s goal was to keep as much of the original charm and infuse their own, more urban, style to create a home that felt effortlessly stylish and chic.
They came to Town & Country to help with the kitchen and master bathroom, two important rooms in the project.
Kitchen
The clients wanted the kitchen to feel bright and open. We chose crisp white painted cabinets with warm accents to balance the classic home’s architecture and infuse some of the couple’s more modern style. Traditional inset type cabinet construction with a modern stepped detail on the door and drawers continue the mission of marrying styles in the home.
The high ceilings on the first floor allow this modestly sized kitchen to feel larger. We maximized this height with stacked wall cabinets and lit glass sections for displaying special pieces.
The original kitchen layout had a small addition that served as a breakfast nook. The patio french doors, a main access point for the home, made flow to the door, table sizing and placement awkward. A formal dining, adjacent to the kitchen, eliminated the couples need for another dining table, however the clients wanted some seating for casual meals and entertaining. The kitchen’s overall size did not allow for a center island, instead we designed a peninsula that would offer some seating, additional countertop space and create a nice separate entry space at the french doors.
Sleek Brushed Stainless Steel hardware pulls offer a modern detail to the classic space. The Stainless Steel farm sink and a contemporary pull down faucet nicely accent the appliances.
*See farm sink in the peninsula image above.
Master Bathroom
The Master Suite was created on the third floor, originally unfinished storage space for the home. True to Victorian style architecture, this space fills various steeply pitched roof lines, creating unique ceiling heights and angles for the space inside.
The master bathroom sits in a cluster of the dormer alcoves, which created some interesting design challenges.
The only place in the room that the vanity could go was a dormer that provided the only natural light in the room.
The windows made it so the countertop would have to be shorter than typically specified. This challenge created the opportunity for added interest with these drum vessel sinks and tall goose neck faucets.
*Kitchen bridge faucets were used in order to accommodate the vessel sink height and create a more prominent focal feature.
We had to work around another obstacle in the room. A main piece of ductwork that ran along the wall under the window. We needed to hide the ductwork, and still provide a fair amount of storage. This vanity is a perfect example of making custom crafted cabinetry work to it’s full advantage. From the outside you would never now what this furniture looking vanity is hiding.
*Check out the next picture for a peak inside the vanity.
Old homes can often present a fair share of challenges, but with some creativity and the right resources can be highly rewarding. We loved working on this project and helping our client’s bring new life into this old treasure!
We hope you enjoyed this spotlight into our Sunset Avenue Project.
Sunset Avenue Project Spotlight Sources
Design: Town & Country Kitchen and Bath
Custom Cabinetry: Town & Country Kitchen and Bath Bespoke Cabinetry
Cabinetry, Countertop and Hardware: Specified, sourced and supplied by TCKB Designs
Styling: T&C Mercantile
Photography: Patricia Burke Photography
