We had already designed the rest of this main floor shown as the "Evergreen" project above.  This project came in as stage two, completed two years later and completes the grandeur!  This kitchen space has access to daylight on three sides (plus ceiling!) and is rather narrow.  Although we had designed a terrific island, this homeowner decided to have a rolling isle that roams about as needed.  To elongate the workspace the counter traverses across what was originally a closet.  The new layout utilizes the top half of that closet alcove for a delicious new appliance garage!  Once again, we placed NO upper cabinets in the food prep/project zones, favoring instead to maintain engaging "face space" which assures this small kitchen is comprised of multiple pleasing sections, thus making it function LARGE.

Of Note — Playing with scale is fun, unique and rewarding!  This homeowner selected a deep-teal tile to accommodate drama to rapturous effect.  Deftly, they also gambled on a larger 8x8 tile rather than the usual 3x3, 4x4 or 3x6 sizes...eliciting a unique textural complexity.

Of Further Note — Quite often a kitchen area has windows that are low enough that countertops cannot extend through.  But the additional workspace would conceivably provide epic dividends to the homeowner.  In this project, for example, all the windows were near floor level.  As can be imagined, not using that area for workspace would hamper functionality and opportunity.  Thus we recommended shorter windows at counter level to access that dormant potential.