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With her surgeon husband facing retirement, this married woman knew that they would soon be sharing much more fourth dimension together at dwelling house. And considering he loves to cook, most of that time would be spent in the kitchen. But the inefficient kitchen in their 15-year-onetime gimmicky-style business firm in Jacksonville, Florida, was not suitable for their new lifestyle. And so with a little compromise and a lot of aid from a designer and an architect, they set the phase with a grand new cooking and entertaining space congenital for two.

Prelude to a Programme

A bulky center isle restricted motion in the original kitchen, above, which consisted of a small, U-shaped organization of banal melamine cabinets. "When I opened the dishwasher door it was simply an inch abroad from the island," explains the wife.

Initially, the couple envisioned a simple chiffonier update, but soon they were dreaming of much more elaborate improvements, including moving the piece of work island, reconfiguring counter seating, raising the ceiling, and adding a dining room and deck. That'due south when their contractor referred them to Jacksonville-based kitchen designer Neena Corbin, who, with local architect William Leuthold, conceived and executed a consummate renovation. The resulting design, opposite, incorporates all the structural changes the couple wished for and topped the existing inlay wood floor with new cabinets, surfaces, and appliances.

Striking Accordance

"They came to me with specific, well-idea-out ideas," recalls Corbin, who always starts a projection by request clients to clear specific likes and dislikes about their current kitchen, as well equally requirements for the new one. Skylights, wood floor, and sink position—with a view—summed up the owners' likes.

Equally for requests, the husband, a jazz pianist who loves entertaining and cooking in front of his guests, wanted a theatrical, industrial-style room. The married woman requested a comfy, beautifully lit, traditional, library-like space. Then Corbin devised a true compromise, what she calls a sleek transitional-traditional space, with cabinets stained a nighttime cherry, left, and room for artwork, in an organisation open to counter seating at the island.

Audio Furnishings

The new kitchen occupies the same 16- past-xviii-foot space as the old simply with an entirely redesigned layout. Overhead, the architect raised the eight-foot ceiling past ten feet, bringing it in line with the cathedral ceiling of the adjacent living room.

Nether this soaring canopy, a massive 121/ii-past-43/4-human foot rectangular isle with two integrated sinks on one side and counter seating on the other replaced a cramped foursquare one.

Corbin differentiated the eating and prep sides of the new island by positioning the work surface 6 inches lower and topping it with creamy, 1 1/ii-inch-thick solid surfacing. This like shooting fish in a barrel-care fabric absorbs audio, such as the clatter of utensils and dinnerware, better than the New Venetian Gold granite that covers the eating counter, opposite.

Lighting the Ready

Recessed tin can fixtures provide overall lite in the new kitchen and highlight the artwork hung high on the wall. Pendant lights illuminate the island, and under-cabinet task lighting brightens up the range. All of the lights are on dimmers.

Slim, drinking glass-front cabinets are lit from within and brandish the couple's glassware. Sometimes these modest lights are the only ones on in the house. "Now our quietly elegant kitchen has a warm, inviting glow," the wife says with please.

Product Picks

· Cabinets, in dark red stain, by Heritage Custom Cabinetry; 717-351-1700, heritagecabinetry.biz.

· Cooktop, six-burner gas, past Dacor; 800-793-0093, dacor.com.

· Countertop in work area past DuPont Corian; 800-426-7426, corian.com.

· Faucet, brushed nickel pot-filler by Franke; 800-626-5771, frankeksd.com.

· Tiles in backsplash from the Avignon drove by Walker Zanger; 818-504-0235, walkerzanger.com.

· Fridge/freezers by Sub-Zero; 800-222-7820, subzero.com.

· Wine cooler past U-Line; 414-354-0300, u-line.com.

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