Myers Park Kitchen Remodel | Rooted in Tradition

Award-winning kitchen remodel in Charlotte, NC.

This kitchen won a Contractor of the Year (CotY) award from NARI of Greater Charlotte. The competition was stiff with entries from some of the best remodelers in the Charlotte, NC area. Keep reading to see before and after photos and find out why the judges decided to crown this kitchen the winner.

This kitchen remodel in Myers Park was long overdue.

The homeowners delayed this kitchen remodel for years as they put their kids through college. Finally, with the kids off on their own, they were ready to treat themselves to a kitchen designed especially for them but they wanted to make sure it would compliment their historic home in Myers Park.

The home was built in the 1930s and, while the kitchen had been remodeled twenty years prior, it was definitely dated. The layout was choppy with little counter space and even less style.

Our objective was to not only create a more functional kitchen but also to add elegant touches in keeping with the home’s traditional roots. It all started with our proven process for renovating homes in Charlotte, NC.

Our client's kitchen remodeling wish list:

• Create a streamlined, more functional kitchen
• Increase counter space and landing spots for convenience and safety
• Introduce traditional elegance in keeping with a home built in the 1930s
• Maximize cabinet storage space
• Modernize kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances
• Camouflage fur-down with ducting for professional-style range
• Maintain the original footprint of the kitchen

Demo uncovers hidden issues in this kitchen.

The first step was to strip this kitchen down to the studs which uncovered rotten wood from an old shower leak upstairs and framing deficiencies from a previous remodel.

With everything wide open — the walls, ceiling and floor were shimmed and straightened to provide a clean canvas on which to work. A laminated beam was installed so that the load-bearing wall dividing the kitchen could be safely removed.

This Myers Park kitchen is designed with history in mind.

Cold, blue tile on the kitchen floor was replaced with hardwood floors to match the existing hardwoods throughout the rest of the home.

The homeowners wanted a duel-fuel Wolf range which required a robust venting system but structural framing was blocking the only possible exhaust path. We designed a soffit to conceal the exhaust duct and wrapped it in cabinetry material.

The real star of the kitchen is our distinctive custom cabinetry with inset doors and drawers, a pewter glaze to highlight the details of the raised panels, and exposed hinges which are a vintage touch.

While this kitchen remodel resulted in a sophisticated transformation befitting a classic old home, it is modernized and hard-working with lots of drawers for easy access to pots, pans and other cooking tools. A pull-out next to the range keeps spices handy and a rotating tray provides lots of storage in a difficult corner.

Myers Park homeowners are thrilled with their remodeled kitchen.

In this kitchen, everything old is new again. But not without respect for the past.

The homeowners are thrilled with the final result and can’t believe how much bigger their kitchen feels and how much better it functions even though the footprint did not change.

"The cabinetry they offer is like fine furniture," says homeowner, Suzanne Johnson. "The quality of the wood is substantial, the construction is solid, the finishes are smooth inside and out – they’re worth every penny!"