10/14/2025
🍄 A newly captured OG Ornament project for your Tuesday enjoyment! She’s already seen the grid but not with glossy, warm photos taken by Sarah so why not round 2?
This project was a trust fall for everyone! Located in Bryn Mawr in a sweet 1924 cottage bungalow, this kitchen remodel was a puzzle, as most large scale kitchen remodels are. There’s a lot of considering. The layout. How we can achieve what hasn’t been achieved in the space we have. What we can say goodbye to in order to say hello to functionality, more beauty, more light… The answer was fairly clear - delete the dining room. For me, this was a nervy proposition because deleting a formal space in a home felt like a big responsibility and one that’s often executed poorly. I needed to come up with a way to do this that was holistic and considered the whole main floor, not just the kitchen.
There were definitely a few iterations of the layout… More windows, less cabinets ; more cabinets, less windows ; where do we put the fridge that’s not weird (a perennial question in petite homes)… We landed on finding a cozy balance of contemporary lines seen through the lens of the ‘Bungalow’. We didn’t want to try and match what might have been there in the beginning because that felt inconsistent with deleting a formal room to add an open kitchen - I think it’s okay to mix eras as long as you do it in a smart way.
They worked with their good friend to build the banquette which is the truest nod to 1924. It’s classic craftsman design and thanks to that it grounds the overall design in something handmade and robust, a space to break bread and host that doesn’t require its own dedicated room. A perfect solution when you delete the dining room!
All in all, I’m really proud of how the kitchen space and its interaction with the living room turned out. It feels at home in the confines of the home, we didn’t force something on the footprint that didn’t belong but made a dysfunctional space, very functional and very beautiful. 🌞
And always, this was a total group effort - my sincerest thank you to the trades, to the clients and to the home for the inspiration. 💛🤎