Project Spotlight: Existing kitchen with dated 1950’s floorplan was tight on workspace and storage at just 107sf. The new kitchen footprint was expanded by removing a wall between the kitchen and dining room. By reworking the entire layout of the kitchen the new floorplan features more functional workspace and more storage for our client.
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Heather and Colin relocated to Upper Arlington, Ohio from Alexandria, Virginia in October 2019. They actually purchased their home remotely sight unseen! Technology, such as FaceTime helped facilitate many walkthroughs with their realtor. They knew this was the home for their family, but weren’t sure anyone would be able to complete any of the renovations before they wanted to move in. Read on to see how the collaborative Team at The Cleary Company got the family’s renovations completed by using all three of the company’s remodeling services – Design-Build, bath2BATH and Home Services.
What spaces did you have redesigned?
The kitchen was a full redesign of the footprint. The new layout includes a new island, relocated appliances, new floors, and widening the entryways into the kitchen. The new arched entryways match others in our home. We had both full bathrooms renovated as well. The rest of the house involved refinishing floors, removing wallpaper, painting and freshening up the rest of the house after 40 years of nothing being touched. We had new railings made for the stairs, complete with a custom Cleary-built wooden banister.
What is your favorite aspect of your remodeled spaces?
Overall it’s the original wood floors we had refinished. We love the way the whole home feels now with the gorgeous floors. We are thrilled with the renewed look and feel of the original 1938 style of our home. Removing the wallpaper throughout the home and painting the dark brown trim white lightened everything up. The way the home functions now is as if it is an open concept, without it truly being a fully open floorplan.
In the kitchen, it’s the dark-stained butcher block element of the island. It fits with the traditional style we really wanted to be emulated. The island top’s stain color was also used for the built-in bench, with storage, in the eating nook. We love the backsplash and the pendant lights that their Designer, Katie Florjancic, found to match it.
When we started work on our bathrooms, the bath2BATH Team had pre-selected bath collections we could choose from. This was great for expediting the process, however, in our main bath we wanted a walk-in shower with a zero-threshold entry, not a pan with a threshold. The bath2BATH Team made that happen and now they offer that option as part of their curated design styles. We feel like we were a small part in helping them refine their shower design styles.
It is going to take longer than you think and it’s going to cost more than you think. At the end of the day, you need to find people that you trust. When you can turn over the project to your remodeler and let them do their job, it makes everything work much smoother. You can have high expectations, but if you have the trust in your team – you let them do their job and you never worry. We never worried at any time about what was happening. Even when we ran into challenges, they problem solved and created the best scenario for us.
Why did you choose The Cleary Company to complete your remodeling projects?
Initially, it was our realtor who recommended The Cleary Company to us. We had only seen our house online and knew from the photos and a Facetime what we wanted to change. Our realtor and their Project Developer, John Coleman, CRPM, walked us through the house room by room to find out our questions and ideas. He quickly let us know what could be done before we moved in and what the timeline would be for any additional projects. It was clear that The Cleary Company was going to make our vision happen. John got all 3 Teams together and made sure every division knew what needed to occur and how they could all get it completed in the planned time frame.
What was your favorite part of working with The Cleary Company and why?
Trust! Everyone that worked on our home was so knowledgeable, kind, sincere and helpful. We fell in love with every single person that we had working in our home. They are all amazing! We can’t say enough good things about The Cleary Company. Our Project Manager, Mike, was someone we could count on for everything. We weren’t living in the area while the projects were being done and our project manager took care of everything for us.
Project Spotlight – Traditional Colonial style home still had all of the original fixtures, finishes and appliances from when it was built in 1974. Her family’s love of Colonial Williamsburg was the design inspiration for the new space. The remodel included removing the wall between kitchen and family room allowing the client to host her large family in one space. Features included gourmet appliances, personalized storage solutions, mixture of stained and painted custom Shaker cabinetry, Cambria quartz countertops and architectural details like the shiplap & wood beam ceiling.
“We talked about remodeling for a long time, but never did it,” Glenna says, “Things got so bad, the oven wasn’t working… The stove wasn’t working. I figured, this is it.”
Design by Olivia Kern Meadows MASM, UDCP
Project Manager John Coleman CRPM
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Residential Kitchen Remodel $60-100k CotY winner x 2! NARI of Central OH & NARI East Central Region
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Clients in Powell, OH, a family of five, loved their neighborhood but had outgrown their existing kitchen. The existing U-shaped kitchen floorplan was cramped. They enjoy cooking together as a family but two adults and three teenagers sharing that was becoming more challenging.
The project scope included building a 6′ x 32′ addition to expand the footprint of the kitchen, pantry, and laundry rooms. The newly expanded footprint allows for distinct zones of cooking, cleanup, and serving along with a new beverage station. A cantilevered bump out of the main sink area allows additional natural light to flood the new space.
Project Year: 2019 | Project Cost: $200,001 – $500,000
An additional 193 sf was added to the existing kitchen & adjacent casual dining space giving the clients more room for hosting large gatherings. A large L-shaped island was added to include additional seating and prep space. To bring as much light as possible into the kitchen an additional window bump out of 2’7″ x 7′ which also created additional countertop space. Thermador appliances include 48″ gas range w/griddle, steam oven, range hood & dishwasher. Additional appliances include U-Line beverage fridge & Samsung microwave drawer. Custom cabinetry includes personalized storage solutions.
The exterior view of the new addition shows a cantilever bump out on the new addition which is where the sink is located. This not only brings in more natural light to the new space it also adds architectural interest to the entire addition.
Read more about this project in the October/November issue of HouseTrends magazine here!
Project Designer Laura Watson ASID, UDCP
Project Manager Rob Lindeboom CLC
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Designer – Laura Watston ASID, UDCP
Project Manager – Rob Lindeboom CLC
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Removing the wall between the kitchen & dining room allowed for the footprint of the kitchen to expand and make room for a large island with storage and seating. The large windows in the dining room bring in the southern natural light and brightens up the once dark kitchen.
The new kitchen layout created allowed for more cabinets giving the busy family of four better function and more storage. Larger more modern appliances add convenience to family meal prep.
The custom range hood and mosaic tile backsplash give personality and warmth to the new kitchen.
Instead of removing part of the brick wall, designer Laura Watson, used the space to create a dedicated breakfast station for busy teens on the go.
The ceilings in the family room were vaulted using existing space from attic. The rustic beams add warmth and charm to the narrow space.
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AFTER: A tasteful combination of traditional & modern with a warm neutral color palette. The kitchen’s original cabinets were reused. A few custom modifications, a fresh coat of paint and new hardware they look like new.
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Project Spotlight: Transitional in regards to interior design and home remodeling refers to a blend or “marriage” of traditional and modern styles. It’s a timeless contemporary interpretation of elements from a variety of time periods incorporating lines that are less ornate than traditional designs, but not as severely basic as contemporary lines. As a result, transitional designs are classic, timeless, and clean. The transitional style also focuses on comfort and practicality to meet the lifestyle of an active household.
Color palettes are typically neutral and subtle and may be monochromatic, with color in art and accents, not upholstery and floors. Wood finishes are typically warm tones but can range from a natural finish to a high-gloss lacquer. Texture is important and a balanced mix of several textures is often used.
The Cleary Company Remodel-Design-Build, your home remodeling company, in Columbus, OH, remodeled 2 transitional-style kitchens earlier this year that are very different.
The first home, located in Tartan Fields in Dublin, OH was built in 2000, and features soft warm neutral tones, exposed wood beams, and stainless appliances.
Project Year: 2017 | Project Cost: $75,001 – $100,000
Newly remodeled space is fresh and bright. The existing cabinets were updated with new paint (Benjamin Moore Acadia White) to match existing base & crown molding of home. Cesar Stone quartz countertops replaced existing builder grade granite. New wide plank engineered hardwood floors w/ an antiqued finish replaced the existing narrow planked golden oak. New glass globe pendant lighting installed over island. Microwave over the range was relocated into the existing island and a new custom hood was installed in it’s place.
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located in historic downtown and Whimsical pops of color in the range, the pendant light, and Paul Frank stool.
The second is a Victorian-style home in downtown Delaware, OH was built in 1890 features white subway tile, and white shaker cabinets. kitchen that . 1980’s style tile, appliances, and cabinets did not didn’t function well for current owners nor fit the architectural period of the home. A slight rework of the footprint created more storage by installing new custom Amish cabinets which extend the full height of the ceiling. Modern conveniences mixed with period details create a transitional style that is a fun light-filled space more suited to our client’s lifestyle.
Project Year: 2017 | Project Cost: $100,001 – $150,000
Design by Laura Watson ASID, UDCP
Both of these transitional kitchens show a perfect balance of a mix of textures as well as traditional and contemporary styles. Kitchen remodels add efficiency and function to the busy lifestyles and homes of our clients. Which one is your favorite?
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Clients discuss their experience working with The Cleary Company Remodel Design Build. The remodel of their Mid-Century split level home created a kitchen that met their lifestyle needs. The project scope included expanding the footprint of original kitchen by using space from an adjacent room.
A design plan was created that gave the family of four a more functional layout for their kitchen, dining and living rooms. Other updates included in the home’s 1st floor remodel were opening up the wall between the kitchen and living room, building custom banquet seating, installing new interior doors, trim, plus all new lighting, flooring and paint.
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