After: Removing the upper cabinets around the range and adding a tall white range hood (in budget-friendly plaster) cleared things up nicely to start. Then Merz refaced all the lower perimeter cabinets in white oak and painted the island base in
Ballet White by Benjamin Moore to match the walls and the cabinets around the sink, which now sport custom inserts.
Four cabinet hardware styles jazz up the look further: acrylic-and-brass pulls on the drawers, brass knobs on the perimeter doors, custom horn pulls on some of the island drawers and matte black knobs on the glass-front doors.
Other minimally invasive moves that made a major impact: extending the backsplash tile to the ceiling, adding a marble shelf (made from a remnant), placing sconces on the stove wall and swapping a dark runner for a light-colored patterned one.
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Four cabinet hardware styles jazz up the look further: acrylic-and-brass pulls on the drawers, brass knobs on the perimeter doors, custom horn pulls on some of the island drawers and matte black knobs on the glass-front doors.
Other minimally invasive moves that made a major impact: extending the backsplash tile to the ceiling, adding a marble shelf (made from a remnant), placing sconces on the stove wall and swapping a dark runner for a light-colored patterned one.
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