Silver Creek family up the quality of their kitchen and entertainment.
Setting at the base of the Silicon Valley foothills is a community called Silver Creek many of the homes were built in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s and represent a contemporary track style home. Clearly leaps and bounds from the original track boom of the 1960’s and 1970’s but one fact remains, builders just don’t invest in quality design and materials. This home was no exception and the owners set their sights on remodeling this kitchen to bring the quality from a 5 to a 10.
Here are the goals that were quickly outlined by our client and the team at RemodelWest went to work.
As you can see this “vanilla” kitchen was just that boring, no character and in desperate need to re-design and stylize the materials to better fit the architecture of the home and personal desires of our client.
The layout of the kitchen actually worked since the home was relatively new so we didn’t need to spend much effort in relocating appliances. Instead we re-designed the kitchen to be more efficient in terms of storage.
The Family Room area with a little used fireplace off center fireplace offered opportunities to achieve the couple’s goal of creating a centered and balanced entertainment center.
This new kitchen features Crystal Cabinets in a Rustic solid Cherry Wood with a special burnished finish and distressed elements only found in furniture grade cabinetry, a far cry from the original builder cabinetry depicted in the before picture. Custom carved elements can be seen to the left and right of the kitchen arched valance, supporting the peninsula counter top and framing the island. Dueling Sub-Zero
Before
and there was no shortage in this area with custom arched door, carved corbels with fluted pilasters and practical storage for the kid’s toys. To the left of the wall mounted screen are the audio video components tucked away behind the doors and built in ventilation cares for the equipment.
This project was unique for the Remodel West design and construction crews. It’s not as common to remodel such a relatively new home but enjoyable to see how we were able to dramatically improve the overall quality of the home. When you walk into these newly created spaces it feels like it should have been that way from the beginning and harmonizes with the architecture and furnishings of the home.Visit this project at our online portfolio to see more
Bill Reid
Founder and Owner of Remodel West, a residential design and construction firm, originally established as Cupertino Kitchen Design in 1992. I have created a very progressive company with a high level of quality standards. Over the years, the company has built revenues to 8.5 Million and scaled operations as we rolled with the times. By re-branding the business in 2007 to Remodel West, we aimed to better align our name with the scope of work performed.
I am a Certified Graduate Remodeler through NAHB and Certified Green Building Professional through Build It Green and most recently Certified Renovator through the EPA which is now a federal requirement.
My primary goals are to design and build more eco-friendly projects, to do projects for those clients seeking high quality. My professional background stems from twenty-six years of hands on experience beginning in 1985 in cabinetry design and sales, and progressed to my involvement with a startup company from 1987-1991. In 1992, at age 26, I started Cupertino Kitchen Design/RemodelWest. My strengths are creating a vision for our company, planning, and empowering our employees to accomplish our goals. Sue and I have been married 26 years with three wonderful children, Jessica, Michael and Adam and of course our dog Ellbee. We live in Los Gatos and enjoy visiting our home in Lake Almanor, fishing, brewing beer, reading and relaxing.
Silver Creek family up the quality of their kitchen and entertainment.
Setting at the base of the Silicon Valley foothills is a community called Silver Creek many of the homes were built in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s and represent a contemporary track style home. Clearly leaps and bounds from the original track boom of the 1960’s and 1970’s but one fact remains, builders just don’t invest in quality design and materials. This home was no exception and the owners set their sights on remodeling this kitchen to bring the quality from a 5 to a 10.
Here are the goals that were quickly outlined by our client and the team at RemodelWest went to work.
As you can see this “vanilla” kitchen was just that boring, no character and in desperate need to re-design and stylize the materials to better fit the architecture of the home and personal desires of our client.
The layout of the kitchen actually worked since the home was relatively new so we didn’t need to spend much effort in relocating appliances. Instead we re-designed the kitchen to be more efficient in terms of storage.
The Family Room area with a little used fireplace off center fireplace offered opportunities to achieve the couple’s goal of creating a centered and balanced entertainment center.
This new kitchen features Crystal Cabinets in a Rustic solid Cherry Wood with a special burnished finish and distressed elements only found in furniture grade cabinetry, a far cry from the original builder cabinetry depicted in the before picture. Custom carved elements can be seen to the left and right of the kitchen arched valance, supporting the peninsula counter top and framing the island. Dueling Sub-Zero
and there was no shortage in this area with custom arched door, carved corbels with fluted pilasters and practical storage for the kid’s toys. To the left of the wall mounted screen are the audio video components tucked away behind the doors and built in ventilation cares for the equipment.
This project was unique for the Remodel West design and construction crews. It’s not as common to remodel such a relatively new home but enjoyable to see how we were able to dramatically improve the overall quality of the home. When you walk into these newly created spaces it feels like it should have been that way from the beginning and harmonizes with the architecture and furnishings of the home.