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Custom in every detail - Hand carved Lion find his home in a remodeled kitchen in Wayne, NJ
Inspired by a photo of a lion sculpture that the homeowner fell in love with she cherished it for years and knew that "One-Day" she would have this in her new gourmet kitchen.
The most popular request we get for an open floor plan, this project when done will be just that, open. It was really a challenge to combine a small outdated kitchen for the 90's and a dining room and remove the end wall of the house which supported the existing home and the great room addition. When I saw the space and what was hidden just behind the kitchen wall, the spectacular great room addition I knew we had a breath taking kitchen that we could create to take advantage of the fireplace and volume of the 16' ceilings.
On Caroline's shopping list was a 48" sub zero refrigerator, 6 burner Viking range, wine cooler, drawer microwave, separate wall oven, a huge working island with a white glazed painted finish. Contrasting this Wayne, NJ kitchens command center would be an integrated kitchen table. This would need to bridge the kitchen to the great room while keeping the spaces separate. Decorative, Dramatic, Stunning, Majestic and "One-of-a-kind", were the descriptions she used to describe her dream kitchen. There are nearly 100 pictures of the project in progress on our Facebook page including the design concepts, shopping trips, sculpture carving, and stained glass to see more click here
Now as you enter through a new arched passage way an grand island is the center of the kitchen. Looking past that your eyes are drawn to the fireplace (previously hidden by the walls) Now that the walls were removed to open the kitchen to great room it was trimmed out with fluted columns leading up to a gentle arch - spanning some 150+ inches. Turning left is the main focal point of the kitchen - the range and lion sculpture mosaic.
The best part of the kitchen is the smile on Caroline's face knowing that her lions is not only the king of the jungle, it is the pride of Wayne, NJ's newest remodeled kitchen.