Garden-Centric View Shapes Kitchen Remodel

by Andrea Girolamo
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“Energy-conservative appliances were installed, as well as new windows that are energy efficient,” continues Carnemark. The appliances include a gas range from Thermador.

Other elements pivotal to the design include fittings from Dornbracht, Silestone perimeter countertops and large-format floor tiles from Porcelanosa.

“The bottom line for us is that good design usually ends up being green design, too,” says Carnemark of his company’s vision for the design process. “CARNEMARK’s approach to designing and building relies on systems that work. Saving energy, time and money works. Reducing waste and mistakes works. Improving the flow, the comfort, the quality of life – that’s what we’re working for. And sustainability flows naturally into all of these goals.”

Achieving Balance

Similar materials find their way upstairs into the master bath, where limestone, heated floors, glass and neutral paint tones lend a sauna-like atmosphere with all of the comforts of home. A spacious master closet and ample yet cozy bedroom complete the updated master suite.

Design details create practical solutions and visual connections throughout the seamless whole-house renovation. A re-oriented powder room offers more privacy. Large windows maximize garden views. A former window becomes a striking arched opening, allowing sight lines from the living room to the outside.

“Together, practical design solutions and innovative product details combine to open up the once-cramped, outdated kitchen, offering a favorite garden view in the clients’ daily lives,” Carnemark concludes.

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Project Highlights

  • Jonas Carnemark, CKD, CR, principal and lead designer at CARNEMARK systems + design, Inc., was charged with reorienting an outdated kitchen and cramped sunroom for access to better garden views as part of a remodel that included work on a master suite, powder room and mudroom.
  • Carnemark says the biggest challenges during the design phase centered on the garden, as bumping out to create depth would have disturbed mature plantings that the homeowners treasured. The design team created a floor-to-ceiling glazing instead that now connects the kitchen, sunroom and rear foyer. That solution sits mainly within the existing footprint, minimizing the impact to the garden.
  • A natural color palette was selected to carry the greenery outside the new, larger energy-efficient windows, including gray/amber large-format tiles from Porcelanosa with an integrated radiant heating system underneath, a wood table from Spekva that juts from an island at the center of the kitchen, and the honey shade of the beech SieMatic cabinetry. Glass-front wall-hanging cabinetry with basalt grey boxes that repeat the shade of the perimeter Silestone countertops adds a touch of visual interest and highlights the natural materials found throughout the remodel.
  • Carnemark created visual connections through the remaining remodeled spaces by repeating the organic forms found in the kitchen and sunroom, including in the master bath, where limestone, heated floors, glass and neutral paint tones evoke a spa-like atmosphere.

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