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Kitchen of the Week: Historic Flair and Room for Two to Cook

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This young couple’s appreciation for historic design and love of cooking didn’t jibe with the finishes in their 1990s Colonial-style home or the small work area in their kitchen. They hired Lynda and Jessica Caccamo, a mother-daughter interior design team, to help them achieve a highly functional kitchen with a historic look.

The designers opened up the kitchen to the dining room, then swapped them, putting the new kitchen in the original dining room space and vice versa. The resulting design has a traditional historic style, featuring soft green kitchen cabinetry, a large island, a dining room wet bar, ample storage and plenty of room for the couple to prepare dinner together.



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Bathroom of the Week: Warm Organic Midcentury Modern Style

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Photos by Charlotte Lea

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A young family of three
Location: Long Beach, California
Size: 97 square feet (9 square meters)
Designer: Heather Knight-Willcock
Contractor: Bryan Luu of BLuu Construction

A large part of the project involved relocating the primary suite. Knight-Willcock found space for the primary bathroom by taking over a small existing hall bath, part of a hallway and space from two small closets. (See before-and-after floor plans below.) This allowed room for a double vanity, a generous shower stall and additional storage.

“Heather named this project ‘MCMR,’ which stands for Midcentury Modern Revival,” Luu says. Style-wise, this meant the design honors the home’s midcentury modern vintage while giving it modern conveniences and a warm organic feel.

This view from the bedroom shows a new paneled pocket door partially open on the left. “There is a small hallway to the left of this door. Using a pocket door optimized the space,” Luu says.

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Kitchen of the Week: Warm White-and-Wood Style for Empty Nesters

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These Lakeville, Minnesota, empty nesters wanted a kitchen suitable for extended-family events and holiday dinners. Their existing cramped and dated space wouldn’t do. Seeking better flow, functionality and improved storage and style, they hired designer Stephanie Morris for help.

Morris pushed the kitchen into an unused den and stole space from a home office to expand the kitchen and create a spacious new butler’s pantry with a coffee station. A large island adds storage, prep space and seating for four. Multiple storage solutions, including drawers, cabinets, open shelves, a hutch and an appliance garage, ensure that everything has a place and the countertops stay free of clutter. Meanwhile, white and wood cabinets help create a warm and welcoming atmosphere that no guest would want to leave.



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Bathroom of the Week: Warm and Elegant in 100 Square Feet

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Looking for a timeless mix of traditional and modern, this California couple found Blythe Interiors on Houzz and tasked designers Lynn Siemer and Dani Pestka with infusing new life into their 100-square-foot en suite primary bathroom. The mostly beige-and-brown space had a workable layout, but a corner shower and a large built-in tub took up lots of floor space. The vanities offered limited storage, and basic finishes didn’t give the couple the elevated style and soothing atmosphere they wanted.

Siemer and Pestka brought in dark-stained wood vanities that improve storage and add rich warmth. A new makeup area sits in a stylish arched niche. A freestanding tub creates more breathing room. A luxurious new shower with a frameless glass enclosure improves the showering experience. And beige-and-white checkerboard flooring adds an elegant touch.



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Kitchen of the Week: Bright and Open With a Warm Walnut Island

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This New England couple bought their Grand Cape-style house knowing they’d eventually remodel the dated kitchen. The parents of three daughters thought the overall layout worked, but they disliked the visually heavy aging wood cabinets and awkward two-level island. They wanted something light and bright, but specifically not a white kitchen.

For help, they hired designer Jackie Friberg of Granite State Cabinetry and interior planner Shayne Mitchell of Orchard Hill Interiors. Now, perimeter cabinetry in a pale gray-blue adds sophisticated and soothing style. A new one-level streamlined island in natural black walnut visually warms the space and provides enough seating for the whole family. Concrete-look perimeter countertops and a quartzite island countertop add interest. Painted nickel-gap paneling and a classic open plate rack cabinet bring charming touches. Updated appliances and a revamped bar area enhance function.



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Yard of the Week: Cozy Spaces in a Beautifully Expansive Yard

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This dreamy property in the coastal mountains south of San Francisco already had a pool, lawn areas, gardens and mature trees, including a large Japanese maple and many oaks. The homeowners wanted to make the landscape design more refined, cohesive and colorful, so they hired landscape architect Lisa Howard of Bay Tree Design. At the top of their wish list was providing lots of places where their four boys, ages 4 through 12, could play.

The new design has patios, seating areas, container gardens and more. “My clients love to entertain large groups, but [they] also wanted cozy spots for smaller groups to gather,” Howard says. She created outdoor rooms so guests could spread out during parties. New garden areas allow the homeowners to grow fresh flowers for parties, and herbs for garnishing homemade pizzas.



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Bathroom of the Week: Butterflies and Bows in a Fairy Tale Space

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Designer Christy Mancera envisioned a fairy tale when pulling together the look for a Nevada bathroom shared by two young girls. “We wanted to make this bathroom a sweet dream space for these little girls,” she says. Butterfly wallpaper, a pale pink vanity, scallop motifs and bow-shaped drawer pulls are a few key pieces that pull together the delightful room.

“After” photos by Kristin Elizabeth Studio

Bathroom at a Glance
Who lives here: A family of six
Location: Henderson, Nevada
Size: 50 square feet (4.7 square meters)
Design-build firm: Cera Construction

Before: The existing bathroom was functional but the plain look was far from inspired.

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After: The bathroom’s 5-by-10-foot footprint remained the same. The room has a door on either end of the vanity. Each door leads to one of the girls’ bedrooms.

One of the first ideas Mancera presented the girls’ mother with was a light pink double vanity with a scalloped edge along the bottom. This custom touch was a motif she carried through on other elements in the room.

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“This was the first time I’d tried using a scalloped edge along a toekick,” Mancera says. “At first I designed a fuller scallop, but we wound up lifting it up a bit so that if something rolled underneath the sink, my clients would be able to retrieve it.”

Mancera and the rest of the design-build team used Houzz Pro software during the entire process, from the beginning of the design phase until construction was complete. “It helped us keep all the communication between the clients and all the team members organized and efficient,” Mancera says.

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Mancera searched high and low to find just the right sinks. These have edges with a scalloped look. “They are Victorian-style sinks,” she says. “They really helped to pull in the fairy-tale feel.”

The faucets and handles have simple silhouettes, which keeps them from distracting from the scalloped motif. The finish is brushed brass.

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“The butterflies and flowers on the wallpaper make these such happy walls,” Mancera says. She plucked a pink hue from the pattern and had the vanity painted to match.

The mirror is a simple sheet mirror. However, Mancera elevated the look by creating a frame with brass Schluter strips, which are commonly used to edge tile.

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Across from the vanity is a toilet on the left (not shown) and a tub-shower on the right. Mancera presented her clients with a scrumptious pink glazed ceramic wall tile. The subtle variation in pink tones works beautifully with the wallpaper, and the white grout picks up on the white background of the wallpaper. “We used a vertical grid composition to minimize the impact of the pattern,” the designer says.

The existing tub and window were in fine shape, so Mancera worked them into her design. Other ways she helped stay on budget were by using porcelain countertops instead of natural stone, using luxury vinyl tile flooring instead of hardwood and using a sheet mirror instead of two separate vanity mirrors. The latter move also meant the wall over the vanity didn’t need to be wallpapered.

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Kitchen of the Week: Nods to History in a Renovated Farmhouse

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This 1800s farmhouse in Dover, Massachusetts, had lots of original charm but also had undergone several renovations over the years. The homeowners, parents of two young boys, needed help adapting the kitchen to work with their 21st-century lifestyle. “I would describe my clients’ style as traditional but clean and unfussy,” interior designer Jeanne Barber says.

The existing kitchen was generously sized but had a lot of wasted space. For the new layout, Barber considered things like improving the traffic flow between rooms, accommodating gatherings and creating a way for the young children who live here to grab drinks and snacks in a spot outside the work triangle. She aimed to blend modern conveniences with traditional elements, and she did so skillfully, giving the kitchen what she calls “mood and soul.”



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Kitchen of the Week: Historical Charm in a Renovated Farmhouse

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This 1800s farmhouse in Dover, Massachusetts, had lots of original charm but also had undergone several renovations over the years. The homeowners, parents of two young boys, needed help adapting the kitchen to work with their 21st-century lifestyle. “I would describe my clients’ style as traditional but clean and unfussy,” interior designer Jeanne Barber says.

The existing kitchen was generously sized but had a lot of wasted space. For the new layout, Barber considered things like improving the traffic flow between rooms, accommodating gatherings and creating a way for the young children who live here to grab drinks and snacks in a spot outside the work triangle. She aimed to blend modern conveniences with traditional elements, and she did so skillfully, giving the kitchen what she calls “mood and soul.”



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Bathroom of the Week: Modern Organic Style With a Shower Room

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For these homeowners, a built-in jetted tub, glass block shower divider and funky layout weren’t giving them the style and function they wanted in their primary bathroom. Seeking a modern organic style with European flair, they hired designer Joey Snow to bring the entire California ranch home in line with their vision. Snow uses Houzz Pro software to manage her design business.

For the bathroom, Snow replaced the built-in tub with a smaller, sleeker freestanding model that adds breathing room. She ditched the glass block wall that divided the shower from the toilet area and added a wall that better separates the two spaces. The new private shower room has an arched doorway with glass door, walls with handmade Moroccan zellige tiles and a marble bench. A custom white oak double vanity improves storage, and its reeded front adds texture. Genuine limestone batons in a herringbone pattern for the flooring, along with plaster walls, provide more texture and interest.



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