This family was spending more and more time at home together cooking their meals.

They quickly realized that there wasn’t adequate storage space - for food or kitchen necessities. Storage was being split between closets and the kitchen cabinets weren’t wide enough to accommodate normal sized plates and kitchenware - a common problem we’ve found with cabinets built in the 80’s.

Unlike the 90’s clothing fashion trends that keep popping up, it is coming to pass that houses built in the 1990’s are due for some serious upgrades. Our sweet friends came to us (after completing their super-fun Mudroom updatel) when they decided they wanted to get into remodeling their kitchen.

Shine had the opportunity to dream big with a client on the #MarbaisPlaceRefresh project over how to refresh their living space so that it represented their style and personality - light and airy, inviting and comfortable. There were elements of the spaces that carried too much visual weight - a large dark island, overstuffed brown leather upholstery, along with dark table furnishings. The before and after photos are fun to compare.