Interior Design - Burger Kitchen / Great Room Remodel, Benicia, CA

Unique space planning optimizes dramatic, one-of-a-kind kitchen, dining, and living space.

Individual work centers, storage, and entertaining space customized for family activities.

Challenge: Extended family with four teens, one gourmet cook/ultimate hostess and one wine/tropical fish enthusiast need new kitchen and interconnected spaces on single floor (incorporating hilltop view) for indoor and outdoor family activities.

Design Solutions:

• Identified and created individual task areas for multiple cooks and tasks with highly functional built-in storage systems.
• Incorporated recycling and composting receptacles for green-conscious lifestyle.
• Reconfigured entire "public" areas of home adding dining space, relocating fireplace and kitchen, creating a wine bar and see-through aquarium, and providing acoustical separation between media room and great room.
• Took advantage of the view with sliding wall/door system, maximizing windows and continuing interior stone floor finish out through patio and outdoor barbecue area.
• Repeated artisanal design elements throughout with glass and limestone tile patterns on floor and key vertical surfaces; bold diamond-shape inlay cabinetry pattern and blown glass light fixtures added to the unique design.