Kitchen
Remodeling
A place to gather
Kitchens are more than just a place to prepare meals. They are often the central gathering spot for family and friends. The place where laughs are shared, stories are told, homework is mastered. Yours should be comfortable, functional, and inspiring.
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Kitchen Design and
Remodeling
With a variety of layouts, design elements, and finishes to choose from in your kitchen, we understand there is a lot to consider when taking on such a complex remodel. Click on the links below to help guide you through the process.
Historic Homes with Modern Features
Harmonizing the balance between the old and the new is the first consideration when approaching kitchen remodeling. Each home and owner demands different considerations. Discovering and showcasing the personality of your historic home kitchen is a matter of identifying the right designer and remodeling company for the job. Since 2003, Greater Roofing has specialized in Victorian, Mid-Century, and Craftsman-era home remodeling, and is well-versed in reviving the unique character of historic home kitchens. Perhaps the most signature feature of historic homes is hardwood flooring, making them well worth preserving. By setting your hardwood floors against white countertops, tile and trim, you’ll make your historic floors the central feature of your kitchen leaving you with a modern kitchen without detracting from the historic charm. In fact, when it comes to historic home renovation, exposing finishes is a tried and true design style that combines the charm of long-gone historic touches with new, modern functionality. But kitchen remodeling historic home isn’t just about reviving old charm. It’s also about infusing the space with new and complementary finishes that reflect the owners’ personalities. Some homeowners prefer an elegant kitchen, while other prefer a pop of personality which can be accomplished through colorful islands, unique backsplashes and quirky finishes.
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Preserving a kitchens original atmosphere is another way to create a beautiful kitchen without losing historic charm. In keeping with the grandiose gravity of historic homes, create a kitchen that features solid cabinetry a shade darker in tone than its adjacent flooring. For a touch of modern edge, introduce stainless steel appliances, gray granite countertops, and echoing metal drawer pulls. Yet sometimes, no matter how much you want to keep historic details, they don’t provide the functionality you desire and you’ll need to create new installations. Balancing your modern design incorporation within an older home can be tricky, but incorporating texture can help the eye travel through the kitchen. If you decide to start new in your kitchen, think about adding new “old” design elements such as a half layout, gridded window or double wide stove to provide subtle reminders of classic designs. For a more extensive repertoire of uniquely-crafted kitchens, visit Greater Roofing kitchen remodel photo gallery.
Working with a Kitchen Designer
Our designers are trained in industry ingenuities to maximize your budget, providing credible advice on design trends that are worth following as well as on fads to avoid- so your space will retain its value over time. Best of all, our designers have the software and training to provide you with detailed 3D imaging before construction begins. Visualizing your ideas will help you save time, money, and materials, since you won’t have to pay for your mistakes. Perhaps the most signature feature of historic homes is hardwood flooring, making them well worth preserving. By setting your hardwood floors against white countertops, tile and trim, you’ll make your historic floors the central feature of your kitchen leaving you with a modern kitchen without detracting from the historic charm. In fact, when it comes to historic home renovation, exposing finishes is a tried and true design style that combines the charm of long-gone historic touches with new, modern functionality. But kitchen remodeling in a historic home isn’t just about reviving old charm. It’s also about infusing the space with new and complementary finishes that reflect the owners’ personalities. Some homeowners prefer an elegant kitchen, while other prefer a pop of personality which can be accomplished through colorful islands, unique backsplashes and quirky finishes.
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Preserving a kitchens original atmosphere is another way to create a beautiful kitchen without losing historic charm. In keeping with the grandiose gravity of historic homes, create a kitchen that features solid cabinetry a shade darker in tone than its adjacent flooring. For a touch of modern edge, introduce stainless steel appliances, gray granite countertops, and echoing metal drawer pulls. Yet sometimes, no matter how much you want to keep historic details, they don’t provide the functionality you desire and you’ll need to create new installations. Balancing your modern design incorporation within an older home can be tricky, but incorporating texture can help the eye travel through the kitchen. If you decide to start new in your kitchen, think about adding new “old” design elements such as a half layout, gridded window or double wide stove to provide subtle reminders of classic designs. For a more extensive repertoire of uniquely-crafted kitchens, Greater Roofing kitchen remodel photo gallery.
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Kitchen Cabinets
When it comes to kitchen design and remodeling, perhaps a few of us have planned exactly what kind of custom cabinets we want. But for most us, we don’t necessarily know what we like until we see it.
White painted cabinets have been popular for a long time, but now, cabinets painted with deep, saturated tones are in favor. For those who want to maintain a brighter look, pastels and various hues of blue are also in.
Shaker cabinets are by no means a new trend—they’ve been a predominant cabinet style choice for a long time and are not likely to disappear in the new year, though their painted sheen gives them a fresh presentation.
Homeowners are sometimes reluctant to remodel because they don’t wish to risk losing their home’s architectural charm
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At Greater Roofing, we recognize the importance of preserving historical authenticity while introducing efficient functionality. We specialize in integrating modern utility with original aesthetics. In other words, we’re here to say you can have your cake and eat it too! Here are a few ways to modernize your historic home’s kitchen while keeping that old charm.
- Add Design Depth to End Panels – Install some unique, quarter-sawn, inset cabinets. And pay special attention to finishing them with fine detail, adding paneled craftsmanship to the exposed ends.
- Don’t Be Afraid of Color – Home owners opt only for the classic beauty of safe neutrals, not necessarily because they prefer them, but because they’re timid about incorporating statement colors.
- Get Creative with Your Materials – Most hardwood cabinets are made from maple, oak, cherry, birch, hickory, and knotty pine. But if you’re looking at custom cabinets, it’s worth entertaining ideas on incorporating creative styles and materials into your cabinetry.
Kitchen Storage
Clutter is the enemy of creativity, and your kitchen is the last place you’ll want to face it. That doesn’t mean you have to donate all your favorite gadgets to the local charity, though. It just means you’ll want to think through how best to arrange your space for maximum efficiency and enjoyment during your next cooking spree. Here are some great organizational ideas that maximize your storage space and add ease to your work flow for your kitchen remodeling.
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Hide Appliances
Even small appliances like a Kitchen-Aid, coffee pot, or microwave can add to the overall clutter of your kitchen by taking up valuable work space on your countertop. Yet many of these devices are indispensable when it comes to serious cooking. The solution? Find ways to tuck them away. Many custom cabinet companies like Tambortech are beginning to offer creative cabinets that do just this. Pull-up and roll-up doors are gaining popularity as ways to vanish less sightly kitchen equipment behind an attractive wood exterior. But why stop there? Place a slide-out shelf behind your pull-up panel for easy accessibility for items you won’t want boxed in when in use.
Wall Pull-Out Drawers and Drawer Dividers:
Sometimes there’s a wall in your kitchen where cabinets just won’t fit perfectly. If you have any of these awkward spaces, consider filling them with narrow wall pull-outs. Wall pull-outs are long and narrow open-sided drawers ideal for small item organization. For instance, they may serve as a fantastic and easily accessible spice rack, a spatula and utensil hanger, a pantry for smaller items like sauces and cans, or even a dish holder for mugs and small bowls. Pull-outs also apply to trash bins, recycling containers, or any other type of cabinet storage. Some home owners become so enamored with the efficiency of wall pull-outs that they install floor-to-ceiling cabinets instead of just lower or upper pull-outs for their kitchen renovations.
The Dreaded Corner Cabinet:
Perhaps the most notorious kitchen storage station is the dreaded corner cabinet, so awkward a space that some home owners even opt for galley kitchen to purposely avoid its wasted space. Probably the most common solution is the classic, lazy Susan interior, but while this addresses the issue, it does so only half-heartedly since homeowners still have to bend down and crane to see its contents. Learn More: Big Remodeling Ideas for Small Spaces
Kitchen Layout
Browsing pictures of kitchens layout ideas in catalogs and on the internet can turn up hundreds of unique options that can occasionally make your kitchen layout decisions seem more complex rather than more approachable. With a few terms and concepts in mind, you’ll be able to identify common patterns and design the best floor plan for your own kitchen remodel. Take a peek at the most common kitchen layouts.
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Preserving a kitchens original atmosphere is another way to create a beautiful kitchen without losing historic charm. In keeping with the grandiose gravity of historic homes, create a kitchen that features solid cabinetry a shade darker in tone than its adjacent flooring. For a touch of modern edge, introduce stainless steel appliances, gray granite countertops, and echoing metal drawer pulls. Yet sometimes, no matter how much you want to keep historic details, they don’t provide the functionality you desire and you’ll need to create new installations. Balancing your modern design incorporation within an older home can be tricky, but incorporating texture can help the eye travel through the kitchen. If you decide to start new in your kitchen, think about adding new “old” design elements such as a half layout, gridded window or double wide stove to provide subtle reminders of classic designs. For a more extensive repertoire of uniquely-crafted kitchens, visit Greater Roofing kitchen remodel photo gallery.
Kitchen Cabinets
Beyond the style of sink you select, you’ll want to consider its dimensions, placement, and material. For instance, will you want a sink with one basin or two? One basin allows you to easily wash and soak oversized dishes, but two basins allow you to separate tasks. Will you want a deep or shallow sink? Deep sinks again give your dishes more room, but bending over to reach them could cause back pain. Consider your kitchen layout and decide whether this means placing it in the middle of a countertop, an island, or even a corner. For materials, will you want standard stainless steel, composite granite, fire-clay, cast iron, natural stone, quartz, solid surface, or copper? Research the benefits and drawbacks of each material before finalizing your own kitchen sink design choice.
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At Greater Roofing, we recognize the importance of preserving historical authenticity while introducing efficient functionality. We specialize in integrating modern utility with original aesthetics. In other words, we’re here to say you can have your cake and eat it too! Here are a few ways to modernize your historic home’s kitchen while keeping that old charm.
- Beyond the style of sink : you select, you’ll want to consider its dimensions, placement, and material. For instance, will you want a sink with one basin or two? One basin allows you to easily wash and soak oversized dishes, but two basins allow you to separate tasks. Will you want a deep or shallow sink? Deep sinks again give your dishes more room, but bending over to reach them could cause back pain. Consider your kitchen layout and decide whether this means placing it in the middle of a countertop, an island, or even a corner. For materials, will you want standard stainless steel, composite granite, fire-clay, cast iron, natural stone, quartz, solid surface, or copper? Research the benefits and drawbacks of each material before finalizing your own kitchen sink design choice.
- Under-Mount Sink: you select, you’ll want to consider its dimensions, placement, and material. For instance, will you want a sink with one basin or two? One basin allows you to easily wash and soak oversized dishes, but two basins allow you to separate tasks. Will you want a deep or shallow sink? Deep sinks again give your dishes more room, but bending over to reach them could cause back pain. Consider your kitchen layout and decide whether this means placing it in the middle of a countertop, an island, or even a corner. For materials, will you want standard stainless steel, composite granite, fire-clay, cast iron, natural stone, quartz, solid surface, or copper? Research the benefits and drawbacks of each material before finalizing your own kitchen sink design choice.
- Self-Rimming Sink: Self-rimming sinks are easy to install and replace and are less expensive and less susceptible to leaks than under-mount sinks. While not as invisible as under-mounts, they tend to match most countertops.
- Integrated Sink: Integrated sinks are designed so that the basin and countertop material are the same. They are sleek and minimalistic and are the easiest sink style to clean and install. If you ever change your mind on the type of sink you want, however, replacement is extremely expensive since you’ll need to change your countertops as well.
- Prep Sink: We said earlier that sinks are perhaps the hardest-working feature in your kitchen. They’re so hard-working, in fact, that avid chefs (and homeowners with wet bars or coffee stations) will often install a second, smaller sink.
Kitchen Island
Kitchen islands allow your unique design aesthetic to really shine. In addition to being a workspace, kitchen islands provide maximum functionality and storage space. Some studies even report that a newly remodeled kitchen can even improve your eating habits. Lately, furniture islands are replacing traditional islands; as they are made from different materials than their surrounding kitchen cabinetry so that they act as statement centerpieces. Often, antique buffets or intentionally distressed wood tables are repurposed as islands. Because of their many practical and aesthetic benefits, islands have become expected features in nearly every medium and large-sized kitchen. Including a kitchen island into your design is one of the best ways to optimize flow and provide extra storage and prep space.