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February and March 2011 Mpls/St. Paul Magazine featured Byron and Janet Richard's
kitchen in their Cross Lake retreat designed by JoLynn Johnson.
Honorable Mention in Crystal Cabinet Works Design Contest 2011
A vacation home built in 1992 on Cross Lake that was made for entertaining.
The problems
X• Chipped floor tiles
X• Dated appliances
X• Inadequate counter space and storage
X• Poor lighting
X• Lacking of a wet bar, buffet and desk
X• Stark design and layout that didn't fit the size of the
room
Our goal was to create the log cabin feeling the homeowner wanted, not
expanding the size of the kitchen, but utilizing the space better.
In the redesign, we removed the half wall separating the kitchen and
living room and added a third column to make it visually more appealing.
We lowered the 16' vaulted ceiling by adding 3 beams allowing us to add
recessed lighting. Repositioning some of the appliances and enlarge
counter space made room for many cooks in the kitchen, and a place for
guests to sit and have conversation with the homeowners while they
prepare meals.
Key design features and focal points of the kitchen
X• Keeping the tongue-and-groove pine paneling on the
walls, having it sandblasted and
XXstained to match the cabinetry, brings out the woods character.
X• Balancing the room size we staggered the height of cabinetry reaching to 9' high
XXwith an additional 6” crown molding.
X• A larger island gained storage and also allows for 5 bar
stools.
X• A former closet became the desk. A buffet in the dining
room was added
XXand a 13' wet bar became a room divider between the kitchen and living room.
X• We added several arched shapes: large arched-top window
above the sink,
XXarch valance over the wet bar and the shape of the island.
X• Wide pine wood floor with square nails
X• Texture in the 1x1” mosaic tile backsplash
Balance of color is seen in the warm rustic cherry cabinets combined
with accents of green stained cabinets, granite counter tops combined
with cherry wood counter tops, pine wood floors, stone backs on the
island and wet bar, 3-bronze metal doors and rust hardware.
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