Kitchen Samples
Kitchen/Living Room/Bedroom Expansion, Lodi California
The kitchen was relocated into the new addition area. The existing kitchen area became the new dining room to the right. The new kitchen interior space is a little over 250 square feet. The new dining room area is about 220 square feet. The door by the refrigerator leads to a large 50 square foot walk-in pantry.
The transition from the expanded Living Room area: The arch and column solution.
All kitchens are a challenge. The big challenge here: Take out a lot of exterior roof-bearing wall and still hold the weight of the existing roof (The new roof was built over the existing roof which had to remain in place). The solution is the column in the middle which hides a 6 x 6 structural post. Under the post is the existing foundation which had to be re-inforced with a massive footing of concrete underneath. The 4 arches hide massive structural engineered beams. The solution worked out perfectly and added a great deal of beauty!
Another feature is the door to the right of the dining table. This leads to a new Media Room. This area is an expansion of what was a large but poorly configured walk-in pantry. This took the TV out of the Living Room area. The owner's goal was to have a larger open Living Room for entertaining guests. They wanted to be able to face their guests while cooking. This layout accomplished all of their goals!
RS Home Design is more than just a kitchen designer. Being able to handle all aspects of residential buiding design,including structural engineering issues, is a real plus when it comes to designing the perfect kitchen for your home.
The "Before" kitchen.
The original kitchen was nice, however, the island in the middle of the work triangle was a very poor layout. Also, the dining area (foreground) took up a lot of the existing living room.
Kitchen, Petaluma California
Existing garage converted to new kitchen.
New Kitchen Addition, Geyserville California
The challenge: To add a kitchen to a 1901 Victorian home located in a flood plain. The addition had to be built 2 feet higher than the existing lower floor level. One option was to raise the whole home. This proved to be too costly. A split level floor plan was the solution. An added bonus is that by raising the addition it allowed for the roof of the addition to be turned into a walk-out waterproof deck that lined up to the upper floor Master Bedroom. A gorgeous view of vineyards and hills became available that could barely be seen before from the Master Bedroom window. This upper deck is now a favorite morning coffee spot.
New Custom Home in Healdsburg California
This new kitchen features an open floor plan to the Living Room. Notice the multi-level upper cabinets with accent lighting above. The countertops are limestone with unfinished edges and real fossils visible in the surface! The beautiful floor looks exactly like Cherry wood but is actually a new type of laminate. The floor continues throughout the lower floor. This makes a very nice transition.
New Custom Home in Etna California
This new kitchen fits the rural area with Hickory Cabinets and Granite Countertops. The wood floor is made of leftover lumber from the build. It is milled, ditressed and stained and sets on the stained concrete floor. The concrete floor has radiant heat built in.
Replaced Kitchen, Healdsburg California
This kitchen was destroyed when a 200 year old oak tree fell on the house.
