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Before and After: Small Kitchen
This Old House

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Architect Jerri Holan completely transformed the nine-foot-square kitchen in her 1930 Spanish Colonial Revival bungalow in Albany (California). It was originally dark, dreary, and cramped, but after she removed doors, opened up a wall, scaled down and rearranged appliances, and changed windows...
 
 
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...the result is a light and airy space that feels bigger, although the footprint remains the same.
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• See Kelly Beamon's story (and more photos) here: Small Kitchen Before and After - This Old House


Images: David Penton

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Comments (14)

I saw this isn the magazine everal weeks ago - This is a beautiful and appropriate update for this house.

posted by bepsf on October 29th 2008 at 8:27am
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Wow, this is so simple but lovely and totally appropriate for a California bungalow.

posted by michpc on October 29th 2008 at 8:49am
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Uh, no thanks to the mustard-yellow tiles.

But otherwise, it's nice.

posted by Mrs.Mack on October 29th 2008 at 9:14am
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Love it. Really beautiful.

posted by zuzupetals on October 29th 2008 at 9:22am
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The tiles are fabulous and so appropriate for this type of home. It really adds that 30s/Spanish feel to the space and in contrast with the stark whiteness of everything else, creates warmth. Lovely!

posted by valleyval on October 29th 2008 at 9:22am
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Stunner! Thank god not another granite and stainless vision of boredom. Love the color and light fixture.

posted by mmepatty on October 29th 2008 at 9:51am
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That is not a SMALL kitchen. a small kitchen is SMALL. literally. LOL

posted by Yolanda P on October 29th 2008 at 9:55am
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I agree Yolanda P, I don't consider that small (before or after.) But there's also something wrong in the description. Nine square feet is only 3' x 3'. The length of the wall the sink is on is at least 8' or 9' alone. Oops!

posted by home body on October 29th 2008 at 10:10am
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I liked the 'before' better.

And home body, they meant 9' x 9', which isn't small.

posted by kiochi on October 29th 2008 at 10:14am
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thanks for sharing this kitchen. It's not what I would have done but I might not have known what I like so well if people didn't put their work up!

posted by greenlight on October 29th 2008 at 12:43pm
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i dont really liek that mustard color they used. i love that color - but just not for tiles. it looks dated. and not in a good way.

posted by bluetoes on October 29th 2008 at 1:26pm
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The faucet is fantastic! Did you maintain the old one, or get a new one?

posted by Peacefully on October 30th 2008 at 10:05pm
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nicer. but tiled counters still hurt my eyes.

posted by venus_thames on November 2nd 2008 at 7:18pm
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Hmmm... I'm trying to figure out what I don't like about this, because in general I like white cabinets and I like yellow tile. I think it might be the blue stripe in the tile, but even more, I think it might be the gold grout. I think white grout might brighten it up and make the gold less jarring.

posted by mfarling on January 7th 2009 at 10:09pm
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