Porches and Outdoor Living Areas

It is that perfect time of year to start designing your outdoor spaces whether it be a sun room, a front porch, or a covered back patio.  Check out these beautiful pictures and get inspired.  Be sure to call us at Eastlake Renovations, Inc. to bring your dreams to fruition.

Use this space to choose really neat lighting and furniture along with great accessories

 

A sun porch is such a great place to hang a vintage porch swing to invoke memories of days gone by 

Shabby chic yet so light and fresh

Ceiling fans are a must in outdoor living spaces to keep the mood breezy and cool

                               

 

Love the rusticity of this porch

  

Elegant outdoor living at its best

Increase your living space by moving to the back porch. Notice the TV that was even included in this design

Create your outdoor living space to reflect the

 architectural style of the rest of your home

LOVE the fireplace in this outdoor living space

How inviting is this porch area?

Refresh Your Porch

Beautiful, crisp outdoor living space

                                       

Amazing Kitchen Island Ideas!

There are so many fun ways to personalize an island in your kitchen to perfectly fit what goes on in your home.  Check out these FABULOUS ideas!!!

Beautiful way to incorporate an old look in a new kitchen.

A twist on the farm sink look

LOVE THIS!!!  Find an antique piece and let's make it an island.

Your kitchen doesn't have to be large to include an island.

Another great way to incorporate an old antique piece.

LOVE the use of this very old piece as an island.

Old, slim piece that provides great storage.

Use the island as a way to add a pop of color to your kitchen.

Color, butcher block top, seating and storage - such efficiency!

A beautiful piece of furniture with amazing storage.

The island is a great place to also add eating space to the kitchen.

A lower table added to an island can even provide formal eating and is perfect for accessibility.

A nice petite island to provide eating for two.

Another great example of an island for eating and storage along with an extra sink area.

Islands provide a great kitchen space for multiple storage ideas.

A great way to make use of an island column.

Notice that not only does this island provide a great space for storing beautiful glassware, but on the other side of the cabinet is a bench with a drawer under it.  Genius!!!

LOVE all of the storage this simple, little island table provides!

The island provides a great place to store produce.

What a great idea, to use the island as a place to store your cooking sheets - love the doors on both sides!  Also notice the side compartment for garbage.

The island provides a great place to put an under-the-counter microwave - a great universal design feature!

Another great accessibility feature is to store plates and bowls in an under-the-counter drawer.

Not only does this island provide wine storage, but it sports a butcher block top for food prep along with a lidded garbage opening that scraps can just be swept into, to a garage receptacle below.

We LOVE Built-Ins

Built-ins are a great way to capture unused space to create fun, extra storage throughout your home.  Check out this creative way of utilizing the space beneath your stairs:

The beauty of custom-built built-ins is that, well, they can be customized to fit with exactly how you use a room. Notice the ribbon and paper holders to the left of this picture. Love it!                   

A custom-built wall unit around a flat panel TV creates an entire wall as a focal point and not just the TV.

A mud room doesn't have to look muddy. I love everything about this mud room set up - the cubbies, the benchseat/cabinet combo, the hooks, the shelf, the mirrow, the pendant light, the wall pockets - everything!!!

Bench seating and bookshelves are the best! Such an ingenuous idea over just being up against a blank wall.

Perfect built-in cabinet for oils and spices!

These built-ins are a perfect way to customize your office space.  I love the smaller shelf above the windows and the wallpaper at the back of the shelves.  The use of color in this space along with texture (the top shelf baskets and the bamboo shades for one example) really pulls this office space together.

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A Kitchen Facelift that Looks Like a Brand New Kitchen

One of our latest projects was a kitchen/family room facelift that with a few changes, made the whole project look like a completely brand new space.
 

BEFORE:  As you can see, the sliding door opened right up into the fireplace area.  We replaced that door with a double-hung window and put a door going out to the deck and gazebo in the center of the bay window instead.  The tile floors were replaced with hardwood flooring and the kitchen peninsula was removed to create a more open traffic pattern.

AFTER:  A new, beautiful island was installed with pendant lighting above it, opening up the flow of the room.  Notice the new window by the fireplace, creating a space that the homeowner can now create a cozy, comfortable seating area in.

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AFTER:  New countertops and a newer model ceiling fan along with pendant lights above the island complete the look of this kitchen, making it look completely brand new.  The existing cabinets are over 10 years old and you would NEVER know it.  Notice how lovely the new flooring looks too.

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AFTER

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AFTER:  Notice the correct distance between the island and the the wall cabinetry.  Using a contractor who is aware of proper clearances and keeping the working triangle intact is imperative when doing a kitchen remodel!  Also notice how well the new island cabinetry blends with the existing cabinetry.  You would never know there is a more than 10 year difference in the age of the cabinets.  A testimony to using cabinetry from a reputable manufacturer and dealer.