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REAL-LIFE RESCUE
ustine and Clint
Vranian of Greensboro,
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North Carolina, knew
that the outmoded
kitchen in their 1940
cottage had to go as
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soon as they moved in.
But not being pro designers—she’s an
artist, he’s an attorney—the couple
studied how they used the space over
a few months before making any
expensive decisions.
t h e
CHALLENGE
The Vranians
wanted a personalized look with all
the modern conveniences, including
a separate range and oven. The 146-
square-foot space offered enough
room, but how could they create a
more efficient work triangle in the
same squarish space?
THE SOLUTION
Shifting the sink and
dishwasher from a side wall to the
peninsula allowed the couple to
move the refrigerator off the back
wall. That freed space for a long
countertop and room for a base
cabinet oven, as well as a run of
upper cabinets and shelves. A new
pantry cabinet now joins the
refrigerator on the side wall. At the
range, a pot-filler is a real step-saver,
and a clever niche serves as back-
splash and storage shelf. <fYou see
that all the time in showers,” Justine
says, “so I thought, why not?”
NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD HOOD
Justine took the kitchen’s decorative
copper hood to a local craftsman to
see if it could be retrofitted for
ventilation. He surprised Justine by
saying he formed the piece
2 0
years
ago. “ Everybody told me to get rid of
it,” she says. “ I thought it was the
prettiest thing in there. It still is.”
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