Kitchen Design Milledgeville GA

The new island opens up the kitchen to the adjacent breakfast room and provides the homeowners with a view of the fireplace.

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The nearby butler's pantry (right) has cabinets for additional storage and serving space. The homeowner chose a built-in Miele coffee machine and an undercounter wine chiller for entertaining.

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In remodeler Bob Earl's design, the new wall cabinets alternate from standard 12-inch units to deeper 15-inch units. “This creates a multidimensional look,” he says, as well as increasing storage space. Along the same lines, he also changed the elevation of the cabinets: some are set at a 7-foot height, some at 7 feet 6 inches, and some at 8 feet. Earl placed the 11-foot-by-5-foot island at an angle. “The angle really opens up the space and makes it look twice as large,” he says. The island is perfect for entertaining as it provides space for setting up a buffet and has seating on one end. The homeowners chose to splurge on expensive granite for the island, and used less expensive granite for the work areas.

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The soffit in the original kitchen blocked light from the upper row of windows. Since the structure was not hiding ducts or wiring, it was easy to remove to admit more light into the room and add 5 feet of height for the new, taller wall cabinets.

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Though this house was built just 10 years ago, the layout and builder-grade finishes d

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