Cherie and Rick wanted to give the public spaces in their house a facelift, focusing on updating the cottage’s dated kitchen, with its mustard-yellow walls and ceiling, brown tile countertops, builder’s grade oak cabinets, white appliances and ceramic tile floor. Revamp Your Kitchen Countertops Today. But just before the kitchen project was finished, Rick was diagnosed with cancer. He had to have surgery and chemotherapy almost immediately. The couple asked their designer, Karen Wirrig of Karen Cole Designs, to help them quickly organize a backyard wedding so they could celebrate their love in their newly renovated home.
Key Takeaways:
- In addition to removing the peninsula and wall between the kitchen and living room, they raised the kitchen ceiling 13 inches to really open things up.
- The dining room blends with the kitchen. The chandelier chimneys over the dining room table have the same seeded glass seen in the kitchen.
- The buffet was placed between the dining table and dishwasher to make cleaning up and entertaining easy.
“The updated kitchen and home were something the couple created together, and Cherie views it as somewhat of a memorial to their time together.”
