WRITTEN BY SUSAN MCDONALD SECOND PLACE KITCHEN S P R I N G S U M M E R 2013 alaska s best kitchens products used Jenn-Air Slide-In Downdraft Range w/ Radiant Module & Griddle Bosch Dishwasher Jenn-Air French Door Refrigerator Monogram Microwave Cabinets: Kraftmaid/ Natural Cherry Countertops: Granite/ Solaris Antique Brown How do you make a heavy-feeling kitchen more light and airy? You begin by stretching it out, softening the lines and modernizing the lighting system. This is basically a galley kitchen that consists of just one outer wall and an island across from it, said designer Jana Seda of Trailboss Solutions. Although it's part of the home's great room, the kitchen didn't feel like part of the house, she said. I needed to make the flow more welcoming so it wouldn't block your I want people to feel good about sitting at my kitchen counter while I cook dinner. participation with the people sitting in the great room, explained the homeowner. I want people to feel good about sitting at my kitchen counter while I cook dinner. Seda's design added a new island with one counter-height section, another at bar-height and curved edges to make the lines less rigid. Three hanging lights were replaced by slender, curving track lighting, and the window was enlarged to increase the natural light and provide a better view of the warm & inviting Dave M. Davis Photography Backsplash: American Olean/ Tile DESIGNER Jana Seda Trailboss Solutions, LLC 201 East 3rd, Anchorage AK 99501 907.646.1403 www.alaskasbestkitchens.com s p r i n g / s u m m e r 2 0 1 3 l alaska s best kitchens l 29
floorplan mountains beyond the house. Simple cherry cabinets gave the room a more streamlined appearance and an extension of the wood floor in the adjacent entryway helped define the kitchen space. Additional supports were added to ensure that the floor could hold the new kitchen, but otherwise structural issues were minimal. The space was opened further by replacing a solid half-wall at the entryway with a railing containing stainless steel balusters that coordinate with the kitchen's new appliances. That, along with relocating the refrigerator and removing a pair of partial walls that hemmed in the old space, enabled Seda to extend the room and add a desk. Simple conveniences like a four-bin, pull-out recycling center and a slider for the garbage can have been a gift for me, said the homeowner. Dave M. Davis Photography 30 l alaska s best kitchens l s p r i n g / s u m m e r 2 0 1 3
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WRITTEN BY SUSAN MCDONALD Although Claire Gentile stopped teaching dance, she didn't want to increased the walking space around the refrigerator. A revamped pantry products used forget the importance of staying in and taller cabinets provide more shape so when it came time to storage space, and the new GE Café remodel her kitchen, she smartly Mannington Adura flooring is easier Refrigerator incorporatied some incentive by to clean than the hardwood including one full-length mirror and it replaced. GE Café Slide-In another horizontal mirror over the Seda also added a wide variety of Gas Range contertop- both reminiscent of her lighting options to supplement the GE Café time in the studio. recessed can lights, including Microwave In addition to reflecting the shape illumination under the cabinets and Bosch Dishwasher of kitchen occupants, they aid to reflect and multiply natural light, countertops, behind the glass cabinet doors and toekick lights around the which she notes can be important to entire perimeter, all of which are Cabinets: Northern residents. In the on dimmers. Bellmont/ Strata/ White Laminate wintertime especially, Alaska can Slide outs for cabinet interiors make experience some dark time and the couple's large collection of Countertops: Pental Quartz/ Thassos White mirrors just brighten things up and enhance the space. Designer Jana Seda of Trailboss tableware more accessible and stainless steel appliances break up the white motif, but one of Gentile's favorite Solutions avoided a stark appearance features is something that is not visible - Backsplash: by including subtle textures, such as a cabinet that opens like an overhead Tierra Sol/ English Bay Glass Strata laminate cabinets that almost garage door and hides a small television look like a specialty Japanese paper, set. It has given us more counter space Gentile said. To open up the kitchen's limited space, Seda removed the soffits, and enables us to hide the TV when we're not watching it, Gentile said. It's such a small thing, but it has really lengthened the countertop and enhanced our lives. shimmering light Dave M. Davis Photography DESIGNER Jana Seda Trailboss Solutions, LLC 201 East 3rd, Anchorage AK 99501 907.646.1403 www.alaskasbestkitchens.com s p r i n g / s u m m e r 2 0 1 3 l alaska s best kitchens l 37