• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
AbbeyK

AbbeyK

Love Where You Live!

  • Projects
  • About
  • Services
  • Press & Television
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Show Search
Hide Search

November 3, 2006 abbey

Kitchen makeover

It’s a common situation of a baby and the bath water. Except this story is about a kitchen.

You have a new home. The kitchen is new but not what you would have chosen, and yet there’s not anything really wrong with it except that you don’t like it. You don’t feel comfortable in it. All you can think about is renovating. One small problem. It’s not in the budget.

No one wants to feel stuck in a kitchen they don’t like. Here, small changes can go a long way. 

What we did. First, we analyzed what the client didn’t like:

  • 6 x 6 white ceramic tiles for a back splash — kind of plain Jane.
  • under cabinet lighting — wires hanging out and poor light quality
  • counter top — another dose of plain Jane
  • the refrigerator — no ice maker

Then, we devised a solution:

  • Replace the backsplash with fabulous glass tiles in a sea foam green that would bring out the color of the cabinets and counter top. These are by Oceanside from the Haiku line
  • Replace the under cabinet lights with a high quality product and choose a refrigerator with features the client desires.

With the new color backsplash, the counter was fine — nice even. Why add to landfills?

Here are the before during and after photos. Click on the photos for a larger view.

Kitchen_before_002_1

beforeKitchenafter_1

Categories: Color, Kitchens, Products to Love

Primary Sidebar

Search our site

best-of-houzz-badge_design-2016
best-of-houzz-badge_service-2016
best-of-houzz-badge_service-2017
best-of-houzz-badge_design-2018
best-of-houzz-badge_service-2018
best-of-houzz-badge_service-2020

Categories

Archives

About AbbeyK


Boston-based interior designer Abbey Koplovitz showcases ongoing projects, shares insider tips, and talks about what it’s really like to be an interior designer.

Contact

We love what we do.
We think you will too.

Please check out our projects here.

Phone (617) 905-4185

Email info@AbbeyK.com

AbbeyK on TV

  • THIS OLD HOUSE®
    WEST NEWTON SHINGLE-STYLE
    EPISODE 11
  • THIS OLD HOUSE®
    WEST NEWTON SHINGLE-STYLE
    EPISODE 16
  • NEW ENGLAND DREAM HOUSE
     
     

Decorating Tips

5 Components of Green Design

9 Easy Ways to Be Green at Home

7 Ideas for a Fabulous Kid’s Room

10 Tips For Choosing Paint Colors

Keep in Touch

Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Houzz icon

Footer

AbbeyK, Inc. | 14 Stoneleigh Road, Watertown, MA | (617) 905-4185 | info@AbbeyK.com | © 2022 AbbeyK, Inc. | All Rights Reserved
Website customization and maintenance by ASK Design