Callaghan Residence New combined Kitchen, Dining, Entertaining Spaces
The Callaghan residence in Lincoln Park features a remodeling an 1883 3 story walk-up townhome. The original layout was vintage Victorian with small rooms, high ceilings and original vintage art glass the top transom windows. The new remodeling featured a newer more spacious kitchen design, third floor master suite, with dressing room, added closet space and family bath combination, designed to today's modern standards.

 

The desired kitchen space was achieved by taking the three original rooms: breakfast room, galley kitchen, pantry and opening it up into one continuous space. A wall at the end of the house was taken out to open the kitchen to an original back porch. New french doors where installed leading out to a new steel balcony & stair to the street level.

The space was to designed to be clean, sophisticated, and contemporary minimum detail. A center large island 4' x 7' in size divides the space from the new dining area. It features glass doors for china storage on the dining room side and dishwasher with sink on the kitchen aisle side. The cabinets are dark cherry mission style set off by light granite countertops. The appliances in contrast are stainless steel and feature a surface color of graphite gray. The refrigerator panel was fitted with wood panel to match the cabinets and conceal it's stainless steel front.