walker kitchen
The Walkers moved to Winchester in 2009, purchasing an early-1900’s era house within the city’s Historic District. The small (160 sq. ft.) kitchen needed an update, considering it was central to the house and a core component to their lives. Rolling a modest construction loan into their mortgage facilitated the remodel, which involved replacing the cabinets, adding a central island with an electric downdraft range, and opening the space to the rest of the house by removing a section of wall between the dining room and kitchen.
A number of cracked radiators were removed, and the perforated metal screens from the cover boxes were re-purposed as inset panels in the overhead cabinet doors. A downdraft range eliminated the need for a hood and kept the space open. Pressed metal panels—traditionally used for ceilings—provided a back splash with a vernacular texture that carried through the house to the wainscoting behind the wood stove in the dining room. Chalkboard paint over masonite provided an additional inexpensive-but-functional element to the space next to the custom-built wine storage.
Location:
Winchester, Virginia
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Nathan Webb / Longhouse Architects
millwork:
Dovetail Millwork