A KITCHEN DESIGNED WITH FAMILY IN MIND
Three kids and eleven years later, the Hallenbecks were ready to update the home’s original circa-2007 interiors, which featured a color palette of browns and beiges and felt inherently dark and heavy. The first room they wanted to renovate was the kitchen. “It wasn’t terrible, but by 2018, the finishes and the look of it were so dated,” says Amy of the brownish granite counters and mid-tone maple cabinetry. Additionally, the original kitchen’s peninsula island also only accommodated enough seating for four people, which, says Amy, wasn’t conducive for their family of five. READ MORE…

Read kitchen “do & don’ts”; and how a new layout would replace the existing peninsula with a large center island, which would accommodate the entire family for a casual meal or the children for schoolwork in the article Island Living, in this month’s Your Home & Lifestyle magazine.
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