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Traditional Kitchen Design & Home Remodeling
Mizner Country Club, Boca Raton South Florida
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This kitchen design and home remodeling project is the perfect example of how an Interior Designer can see beyond just installing cabinets and calling it your "New Kitchen."
Today's kitchen designs are open and considered the heart of the home. The open concept kitchen design needs to incorporate how it will impact the interior architecture and interior design.
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Traditional British Colonial Home Decor
Mizner Country Club, Boca Raton South Florida
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The original kitchen, purchased through a showroom only two years prior, featured production cabinetry and a dated layout with its various cabinet heights never suited the home and its eight foot ceilings. This critical detail was never properly explained to the homeowner, and she was left dissatisfied from the start.
The problems extended beyond design. When I met the client, she was involved in a lawsuit with her previous kitchen contractor after black mold developed beneath newly installed bamboo flooring. Two fundamental construction errors caused the damage: no moisture barrier (Visqueen) was placed over the concrete slab, and the wood flooring was installed beneath the base cabinets, making removal impossible.
In my practice, cabinetry should sit on bare concrete—except with mud-set marble. Tile beneath cabinets can create costly complications for future repairs, and wood flooring should never run under kitchen cabinetry. Even with a barrier, any water leak can trap moisture and lead to mold, while glued installations make future removal extremely difficult.
This project illustrates why thoughtful design and experienced oversight are essential to a successful kitchen remodel—protecting both the beauty of the space and the homeowner’s investment.
Traditional Kitchen Remodel and Home Design
The completed Kitchen remodel shows a traditional off-white kitchen featuring a rich dark espresso island with seating. This Kitchen is designed using custom cabinets extending from floor to ceiling. The Island, with its custom cabinets, allowed us to encase the wall with wood paneling, corbels, and applied moldings.
I like to use matching door panels on the refrigerator and dishwasher for a clean interior architectural feeling for Traditional or Modern Kitchens.
As for the new engineered wood flooring, we ground the old adhesive, sealed the concrete floors with a liquid barrier, and then topped it off with the Visqueen giving us double protection.
Traditional Kitchen Design and Home Remodeling
”Its All in the Details”
I have designed beautiful kitchens with production-made kitchen cabinets; however, I prefer custom kitchen cabinets. When working on a kitchen design with my custom kitchen manufacturer, we have the flexibility to create unique elements for the interior architectural space.
Firstly, the quality and finishes are of the highest quality. My workroom builds the entire crown molding in two large pieces to eliminate all of the seams at the corners.
With custom cabinets, we can create focal points like the dark espresso range hood with the matching framed onyx tile and corbels.
Also, please note the undercabinet lighting is built-in flush with a matching finish. This detail can be essential when you are at your island with seating or a table across the room.
I only recommend the composite granite sinks in all of my kitchen remodeling projects and I love how the nickel faucet and hardware sparkle against the black sink.
My client also owns a vacation home on the beach and knowing her love of the ocean, I wanted to find her a beautiful natural granite stone. I found this "Ocean Beige" with streaks of Blue-Green, and she fell in love with it, and the remaining Kitchen has rich black quartz countertops.
