Uptown Kingston Kitchen

Happy new year!

With the new year comes images from one of my favorite projects to date. I began working with these clients in early fall of 2024. Working alongside a local GC, we transformed their 1900s house from top to bottom. With the exception of some amazing woodwork- entryway millwork and gorgeous original wood doors (some with built-in mirrors), most everything was redone. Especially the kitchen.

What started out as a closed-off, cold space was transformed into a more open kitchen, complete with a small powder bath to add an extra bathroom to the house (more on the powder bath later). We opened up a wall to connect the kitchen and dining room. I’m not one to open up all the walls in an old house- in fact, it’s well known that more compartmentalized homes are much more desired these days (we can blame COVID lockdowns for this shift but I don't mind). In this case, opening the wall created a much better flow, even adding more usable space to the small-but-mighty kitchen.

My clients wanted green, so I gave them green! Working with a local upstate kitchen cabinet company, we selected cabinets worthy of a historic home, complete with Evergreen Fog cabinetry (a Sherwin Williams color) and a white oak island. Topped with gorgeous quartz countertops, brass hardware, and tile carried all the way up to the ceiling, this kitchen may be small, but it is incredibly functional and intentional.

A note on kitchen backsplash tile: If you’re working on a kitchen and have a wall where backsplash tile is going, and there are no upper cabinets in that space, please do NOT stop the tile halfway up the wall. Carry it ALL THE WAY to the ceiling. Trust me on this. It looks luxe, it feels like a French bistro, and it just looks 100% better than stopping tile midway up the wall. The only exception is if you’re installing a shelf. If there’s a shelf, feel free to stop the tile at that point. But keep in mind, you can always continue tiling behind the shelf too (Like we did, see below)! Just food for thought on backsplash tile.

Enjoy images below, including a before image.

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