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.

Diary of a Dream Kitchen

A customer came to us with the desire to create their dream kitchen.  They specifically wanted someone who could think outside the box and not just give them a cookie-cutter space.  A dream kitchen can mean many different things to many people.  For some it's a kitchen made for serious meal preparation.  For some it's a place to entertain the masses.  And, for this customer, their dream was to make their kitchen much more efficient, including incorporating an area of the current kitchen that in its original life was meant to host a breakfast table, but wasn't being utilized much by the customer.

In the design process it was decided that we would move the main sink from its current location to the under-utilized breakfast area at the front of the house. This area would also now include a 7' wide, triple-casement window allowing for the customer to enjoy the new view out to her beautiful gardens of native plantings. The moving of the main sink will allow for a prep sink to be installed near the old main sink area.



In the initial meeting with the customer, they came up with a wish list and you can see how we tackled each item:

• A lot of drawer space, plate/dish dividers in deep, pot and pan storage drawers that will be included in the island

• Better lighting - we will be using LED ribbon lighting with dimmable drivers for up-lighting above the cabinets and under-cabinet lighting, along with new sloped-can lightsng (allows for more focused lighting)

• Elimination of the soffits to create a larger, more up-to-date feel to the space

• More efficient use of the cabinets with the inclusion of a bookshelf

• Quartz countertops

• Make the refrigerator look more built-in

Along with the kitchen remodel, the laundry room and pantry spaces were swapped to turn the current pantry space into a laundry room/mudroom space by the door with new seating, storage and cabinetry throughout.

 

 The old laundry room was then used to create a nice, organized new pantry.

 

As this customer did, add to the beauty and creativity of your project by choosing fabulous tile, fixtures, knobbery, lighting, etc.  Make your space your own to enjoy for many years to come.

Stay tuned for the next chapter of this dream kitchen remodel.