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Designer Charlie Coull revamped a dated kitchen with her pantry cabinet ideas for a young couple with two-tone cabinets, patterned wallpaper, a herringbone backsplash, and concrete-look countertops. See how she elevated the dining area with a built-in banquette, and discover what navy paint color she used on the cabinets.

Kitchen Pantry Cabinet Makeover

The homeowners are a young couple that love taking advantage of the city. They have a dog, super sweet; his name is Tristan and definitely a part of the family. Their kitchen space included traditional kitchen pantry furniture. It was in an off-white but more the cream tones with the granite countertops. So, it didn’t really fit their style and they were ready to modernize. Fortunately for us, we didn’t have to change the layout very much in the kitchen.

The only thing we really did was relocate the microwave that was above the range. I saved on the backsplash tile. We were looking at possibly doing a marble, which can be more costly than doing a ceramic but we found the nice ceramic tile and then by putting it in a herringbone pattern it created interest. We had some ideas for Small Kitchen Makeover On a Budget and we decided what to do in this case.

Splurged on Countertop

We splurged on the countertop. Therefore, we went with Neolith which is a great company and looks like a cement almost but it’s not. It’s very durable and the clients absolutely love it. We wanted to keep the existing hardwood flooring. It’s a nice medium tone and it flows throughout the rest of the space. So, to keep it grounded we went with the hail maybe Benjamin Moore base cabinets and from there we made the uppers lighter. Then we decided to bring that hand lady into the paneled wall which looks amazing.

Find the Scrapbook

We notice that the area behind us kind of need to have something interesting happening too. So, we looked at some wallpaper and found my scrapbook print that had a hint of the hill Navy and made it all set together. We have a whole wall of windows and not a lot of upper white pantry cabinet storage was an issue. So by bringing in a 24-inch deep pantry we were able to put in a lot of the food storage and appliances, slow cookers things like that that you can get to whenever you need to.

Corner Kitchen Pantry Cabinet

Originally in the kitchen pantry cabinet ideas design, there was a 45-degree cabinet on that wall. What we did is, we removed it. Then we did a high cabinet that went all the way to the countertop. This also allowed for some symmetry on that wall and blends everything together nicely.

The homeowners are very happy with how renovate kitchen turned out and it flows with the rest of the space. Now they feel like they’re coming home and they’re ready to get in here, start baking, cooking and not eating out all the time anymore.

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