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Click the page numbers below to scroll through our kitchen collection. To see all 10 collections pick up the January-February 2008 issue of Kansas City Homes & Gardens.

Location: Mission Hills, KS

Designer: Victoria Sneden, CKD

Photos by: Steve Sanders

Design goals: To update a 1970s kitchen and make it work for two cooks.

Challenge: Keeping a galley kitchen from “looking like a bowling alley” in a ranch home.

The result: Vicki widened the entranceways to both the living room and breakfast area to improve the flow, and she broke up the space in between with multiple ‘stations’ for food prep, cooking, vegetable washing and serving. The wood paneling and oak cabinets that smothered the room were removed and replaced with lyptus mahogany cabinets that show off a rich, unique color and stripes; the walls were slathered in an appetite-inducing Spanish Red. Creamy Caesarstone countertops offset the dark colors in the room, and metal accents — copper pulls on the refrigerator and a copper ventilation hood — plus a custom palette of slate and glass tile mosaic backsplash make strong details.

Resources:
Kitchen Design: Armstrong Kitchens
Paint: Benjamin Moore
Cabinets: Armstrong Kitchens
Countertops: Top Shop North
Tile: RBC Tile
Copper Hood: Wholesale Sheetmetal
Appliances: Factory Direct Appliance
Hardware: Emenne/Bear Creek Bronze
Flooring: Armstrong Hardwood Floors
Art: Prairiebrooke Gallery