6631 Kitchen - Portland, Oregon
The 6631 (yeah, same house) Kitchen is a tidy little small kitchen in a cool mid-century home. It's a nice kitchen but it needs some more storage. Aaaaah, storage. Our solution, we remove the existing upper cabinets and window, replacing them with 2 new slot windows that slide in between the top of the countertops and the underside of the new upper cabinets. We doubled the upper cabinet space, maintained a connection with the outside and increased privacy, all with a couple simple moves. The upper cabinets become an abstract with their glossy white finish, concealed hinges and pulls contrasting the stained lower cabinets. With the combination of the new upper cabinets and new wrap around slot windows beneath, the kitchen lightens up, feels bigger and ties in beautifully with the strong horizontal of the house architecture. Nice job.
all images copyright PLATFORM 2010
