Glasgow kitchen completion

The work I do in the professional part of my life - art and design that I get paid for - could be divided these days into two categories. One is services to other designers who come to me for concept or design development assistance on projects, and for presentation renderings. Those jobs can usually be completed within one uninterrupted day (although such days are as common as hen's teeth so the jobs often happen over two or three days.) At the other end of the spectrum are projects that take months to develop and bring to their conclusion. I enjoy the variety and balance, and in many ways, what I'm doing in one category gives me insights in my approach to the other. I'm finishing work on a new product series for Rutt HandCrafted Cabinetry that I can't say a lot about until after its introduction in late August, but I can talk some about this small but intricate and just completed Glasgow series kitchen.

I've posted snippets about this kitchen a few times on this site. It's in a lovely 1937 Tudor style home on the outskirts of Philadelphia. The homeowners contacted me after reading about me on a kitchen design blog, and I decided to work with them because along with having a good feeling that they'd be agreeable to what I'd likely propose, it was an opportunity to put my newly introduced Glasgow series, manufactured by Premier Custom-Built Cabinetry, into a real and challenging residential project. We got started designing in June of last year.

The room was very difficult. Not much more than a wide L shaped hallway wrapped around the dining room, with quite an irregular footprint. There were technical and construction challenges beyond the usual. And I was intent on doing something very special, as I don't often accept residential projects. The homeowners granted me an unusual degree of control in the design, right down to colors and finishes, fixtures and furniture. I won't get into any theory and process here - that will be the topic of a larger article published in other media. Suffice to say that everyone who worked on the project put their hearts into it, and the results bear that out. The one-off table in the previous post will be delivered this coming week, with custom made walnut chairs from Studio Dunn soon to follow. White/Good, the PR agency for Miele, one of the project's sponsors, is arranging a photo shoot. I still need to write an essay to accompany the agency's pitch to a few select magazines.

My friend and favorite installer Dennis Martin (who is also a fine professional photographer) took these shots on Thursday as he was putting his tools away and leaving the site. The homeowners, while tired from enduring the disruption of living with construction, are thrilled with the result and eager to finally move back in. I've promised to help them organize the contents of the cabinets, and to cook a meal with them after the kitchen has been photographed. It will be, I'm sure, a fun conclusion to the remodeling of what we all agree has become a gem of a little kitchen.

before.

the electrician working in the post-demolition rubble

view towards the banquette from the crux of the L. photo ©2013, Dennis Studio

the banquette awaits its table, photo © 2013 Dennis Studio

the view from the banquette, photo ©2013 Dennis Studio

Comments

[john starck]

very cool project Scott.

[River Oak Cabinetry]

Cool post Scott. It is cool to see what you did what such a limited space. Great job!