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DECEMBER
Decadent décor ideas from IDSwest
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DISTINCTIVE DESIGN,
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KITCHEN MAKEOVER
Ain’t it
Transforming a
big room into a
great room
grand?
By Noa Glouberman
T
he 12,000-square-foot South Surrey house was certainly large,
but it didn’t feel grand.
“There was so much space in the kitchen, but it was built
very minimally and the details weren’t right,” said interior designer
Tom Bakker. “The homeowners agreed.”
Bakker, who grew up above his parents’ drapery and furniture
shop in Holland, likens a room that doesn’t work from a design per-
spective to a painting hung askew on a wall.
”I always get the urge to straighten out that crooked frame,” he
explained. “Once you make things right in a room, you no longer
respond to it subconsciously in a negative way. It just makes you
feel good to be there.”
One of the first off-kilter details Bakker corrected in the
880-square-foot kitchen was a supporting column in the centre
of the room.
“It was an architectural element that was in the way − flawed,
wrong, not supposed to be there,” he said. “It wasn’t possible
to physically remove it, so I had to make it work. I put a second
column beside it and created a TV cabinet in-between, so the
whole structural component went away − no one would ever
know it was there.”
With a pair of back-to-back flat-screens that, with the touch of
a button, rise from and lower into an installation from Hi-Design
Custom Cabinetry, the partition effectively divides the room
without cutting off the sitting area − with its elegant fireplace and
wraparound shelving − from the rest of the kitchen.
Before
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“Having two islands works well in this space; with one for
seating and the other for cooking, people can take part in
the meal from start to finish without being in the way, and
the cook doesn’t miss out on anything, either.”
– Tom Bakker
After photo: Dominic Schaefer; Staging: Epic Empire Designs; Décor items: Flüff Rentals HOME MAKEOVER DECEMBER 2010 13
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KITCHEN MAKEOVER
“Functionally, it allows people to retire after a meal and still be
part of things,” Bakker explained. “This is the kind of harmony I look
for with interior design so that the emotional response to it is right.”
In fact, creating distinct areas for cooking, eating, entertaining
and relaxing without disturbing the overall unity or flow of
the room was the driving principle behind the entire kitchen
renovation.
“We worked through six or seven different concepts before set-
tling on the final design,” Bakker said. “Our decision in the end ...
was to fill the room with large pieces to give a sense of intimacy
and to incorporate oversized traffic areas to create space and
make entertaining easy.”
Cooking occurs at the far end of the kitchen, which houses a
Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer; Wolf-brand stainless-steel stove,
wall oven and warming drawer; and Miele coffee maker and food
A structural steamer. Food prep is rounded out by dual islands, the larger of
column was which includes a Wolf microwave drawer, KitchenAid dishwasher
hidden with the and Elkay stainless-steel sink, as well as plenty of storage and
addition of a well-lit bianco andromeda granite countertop space.
second column The second, smaller island, complete with stools, sits closer
and a TV cabinet to the kitchen’s two hallway entrances and adjacent to the bar,
in-between. which includes an automatic liquor dispenser and Elkay sink.
Before “Having two islands works really well in this space; with one
for seating and the other for cooking, people can take part in the
meal from start to finish without being in the way, and the cook
doesn’t miss out on anything, either,” he explained. “They’re both
“ The quality of their work was Impeccable.
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Finally, Bakker turned his attention to
the dining area − an informal breakfast
nook that leads out to an expansive deck.
“We built that area up around a Susanne
beautiful wooden table provided by the Doise
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outdoor living space.”
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