Featured Design – The Custom Spot, Inc.
This Cardell Featured Design is a kitchen remodel by Gil Benizri of The Custom Spot, Inc. in Warwick, Pennsylvania. This kitchen makes excellent use of color, décor and design to make it feel open, warm and inviting. Notice how the countertop has been extended to wrap around the cooking area and doubles as a kitchen bar. Kitchens are the new "Living Rooms" and an open room design such as this makes the kitchen a focal point for the family as well as providing an excellent place to entertain guests. There is a subtle blending of European styles in this kitchen that give it a classic aura without seeming pretentious.
The cabinets used in this kitchen are our Wyndham II Raised Panel Maple Full Overlay painted in Designer Soft White with a Brown Glaze. The glaze is used to bring out detail by highlighting the contour lines of the pieces glazed.
There are no cabinets above the bar, in order to leave the kitchen open, so the cabinet space has been maximized by using 15" high wall cabinets around all the full walls of the cooking area and the kitchen nook. To give the cabinets a more refined feel where they meet the ceiling, our Universal Crown Molding (CMU) is used with our Dentil Molding (DM) to give the impression not unlike that of a Doric Frieze such as that used in classical Greek architecture. The parallel to the Doric order is further advanced by the use of Fluted Fillers on each side of the refrigerator, the outside edge of the kitchen nook, and the outside edge of the dishwasher recess.
Notice how the kitchen nook has been converted into a functional wall, by moving the microwave here from it’s customary spot above the oven; and a FUN wall by adding a wall cabinet with a doors cut for glass modification (W3024-CFG) to showcase special china and glassware, and an open base display with built-in wine rack (OBDWR18).
The decorative molding (IM-3003) above the refrigerator and the decorative corbels (IM-CA-60) underneath the countertop bar have a Tuscan influence and complement the Fleur-de-lis pattern tiles set into the backsplash above the stovetop. This is a fine example of how to bring the motif of a room together with only a few accent pieces. The pieces are used sparingly, and in sometimes inconspicuous spots, around the kitchen at crucial points to tie the room together without being overwhelming.
