Thursday, August 14, 2014

Kitchen Makeover

The Kitchen Really Needed Updating

The split-level house had not changed much since it was built in 1953. Worn-out red linoleum countertop. Worn-out linoleum floor. Cabinets that were about 1 foot in height. We hired "Bobby the Greek" Grillias of Verona, NJ to be our general contractor.





Lou at MBA Cabinetry in Belleville, NJ designed a new layout for the kitchen. 

After removing the exterior door and framing the space, Bobby installed Decora cabinets and an island. The corner cabinets where a door once existed house Lazy Susans. A dark walnut stained hardwood floor replaced the linoleum and was interwoven into the existing dining room floor after 6 feet of wall between the kitchen and the dining room was removed for an open space design. 



















Thunder White Granite countertops from Dente in Cedar Grove were fabricated by Millennium Marble Granite in Paterson. New stainless steel appliances from Lanni in East Rutherford, NJ include a GE gas stove and hood, a two-door GE refrigerator with freezer on the bottom, and a Bosch quiet dishwasher.

The backsplash is Shore Stone from Mediterranean Tile in Fairfield, NJ. 

Above the prairie door to the family room, we hung photographs printed on tile to match the blue glass collection inside the glass cabinets.

To illuminate the room we added TechLighting blown glass pendant lights and a number of standard high hats on dimmers. 
The brick used to seal up the exterior was recycled from a wall where Bobby removed brick to enlarge the window in the master bedroom.


Visible from all windows on the east side of the house is the skyline of New York City, from Battery Park to Central Park depending on which window location. Even the fireworks in the East River were visible from the porch.





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