before and after shaker to contemporary

Before

After

This was a mediocre looking white shaker kitchen that came with the house. The visible boiler on the wall, the freestanding washing machine and the way the floor finish changed halfway through the kitchen just didn’t really scream good design. There was also some weird boxing on the left hand side out of shot due to the staircase. We unified the floor finish, the owner selected a material pallete of oak and dark grey, and I designed the cabinetry to neaten things up – integrated washing machine, boiler enclosure, and took the cabinets all the way to the ceiling to hide the stair boxing on the left, and created some tapered open shelving on the right hand side to make use of the dead space by the window. On the other side of the room there was an alcove which I fitted out to make it more a part of the kitchen.