We asked: “How can we preserve & elevate the beautiful features of the home?”

Natural alder wood cabinets in a vaulted great room space with wood ceilings and large windows.

We worked with Fresh Air Designs to specify a cabinetry line (Linea by Cuisine Ideal) that integrates gracefully with the mid-century architecture. Concealed finger pulls keep the lines clean and shallow touch-latch cabinets under the countertop overhang add valuable additional storage.

Great room cabinetry with natural wood cabinets and thickened quartzite countertop. Counter seating with mid-century designer stools. Pass through from dining to kitchen is flanked by two built in cabinets.

Wanting to make a statement as guests enter the home, the cabinetry facing the dining table has a bold countertop design with a partial waterfall down the side — an effect we lovingly termed “the mullet”

Passthrough into kitchen with swirling green, white, and gray natural stone quartzite countertop.

The beautiful movement in this natural stone (quartzite) countertop suggests waves or blowing grasses—celebrating the natural world was an important aspect of this project

Built in cabinet with pass-through drawer and ribbed glass door.

Built in wall cabinets with pass-through doors & drawers (openable from either side) adds useful additional storage

Modern kitchen with wood cabinets and stone countertop. There is a brown cork floor and large windows as well as a concealed range hood.

By wrapping the range hood in drywall we reduced it’s visual impact helping the space to feel lighter and brighter

Countertop at a sink and large windows. The countertop backsplash wraps up onto the windowsill as a space for plants.

By wrapping the windowsill with countertop material we created a perfect place for plants

Cabinet with concealed toe-kick drawer

Concealed toe-kick drawers specified by Fresh Air Designs added valuable storage to the limited kitchen footprint

View from modern kitchen into pantry. Kitchen cabinetry matches alder wood floating shelves in pantry and on wall.

Floating alder shelves that match the cabinetry in the kitchen tie the pantry and kitchen together

The warm tones of the alder wood reflect the aged pine and cedar wood tones throughout the house, and the linear decoration (tambour) on the cabinet fronts is a modern version of a mid-century look

We carefully maintained existing, characterful details like these built-in glass display shelves that catch the light from the windows