Project Reveal: Robbins Ranch Pt. 2
Happy Sunday folks! We’re back and we’re ready to rumble with one of our last project reveals for the year - and oh boy is it a good one: part two of our Robbins Ranch project. This project might sound familiar as we’ve been showing off a family room, master bath, and kids bath from the same home over the last year - and in the meantime we’ve been working away on part two which consisted of a spacious kitchen, surrounding dining rooms, and a new pantry and bar area. We completely reworked the layout to open up the home from the kitchen all the way to the family room - and as you’ll see we completely gutted the kitchen taking it down to the bare bones and building it back up with a more functional but open layout. Let’s dive right in!
T H E K I T C H E N
Oh hello there, beautiful. You’ll see below what the space was originally, and the overall after here. While we kept the existing exterior bones - original brick walls and window headers and all - we completely gutted the interior and reworked the layout to be both functional and more spacious for this family and how they really operate in their space. We went with dark, moody green shaker cabinetry to modernize the space and to contrast the lighter and neutral base and added dimension with the white oak island. We really wanted the space to feel simple and classic, yet still have a fresh and edgy factor so it was important to balance out those statement materials and finishes throughout the space. We went with Carrara marble countertops and carried that up the backsplash to keep overall materials to a minimum as we knew the play on natural woods paired with marble and dark green was going to be a showstopper in itself.
Wouldn’t mind doing dishes here! We removed that funky, raised dishwasher, centered the sink and faucet over the existing window placement on this main sink wall, and called it a day. Kidding - old wood cabinets and tiled countertops be gone! While working around existing elements and being restricted to existing plumbing locations might seem tricky, I always love a challenge. Since we flipped the location of the pantry, we were able to create this return wall/ cabinetry to the left of this sink area which now houses the fridge/ freezer + created a corner nook for full height cabinetry and an appliance garage. Again, functional and beautiful people!
Mixed metals, honed marble, and original brick walls with some fresh paint. Yum. Oh and a fresh Wayfarer sourdough bread loaf- double yum. Dreamy details I wouldn’t dare skip over.
Next up, another before & after angle that’s going to blow your mind. Again working around existing elements - you’ll notice from the before to the after the same skylight location we worked around - which did serve to be tricky when it came to reworking the kitchen layout, a completely new center island location - and lighting! We knew we would not be able to have multiple pendants and have them evenly centered/ place in any ideal manner with that skylight remaining, so we found this linear double-globe chandelier that was practically made for this space. Also note in the before shot, there was a huge opening in the wall that opened up to the hallway along the front of house, and that hallway was a huge source of natural light for this kitchen. It was super important to pull in natural light from that side of the house yet we needed that wall space to accommodate our new range location - so we created these openings flanking the new hood and lined them with white oak shelves to still have some of that natural light, but make these openings beautiful and (you guessed it!) functional within the new layout.
T H E I N F O R M A L D I N I N G
This sweet nook was empty and lonely when we found her, practically begging for a breakfast nook. This corner off the kitchen is just opposite a kids playroom so we wanted a place for the family and kiddos to pile in comfortably, enjoy their view, and kick their feet up outside of the more formal dining you’ll see that sits between the main family room and the kitchen. This was made to be a more casual zone for the family and kids to both eat breakfast and go wild with arts and crafts.
T H E B A R A R E A
From a kid zone to a bar area - we’ve got family members of all ages covered in this home. Insert me here, please. Kidding (but not really!) This bar area is stationed just opposite the pantry and is a continuation of all the things we love about the kitchen (which is everything), but we wanted to truly make this zone it’s own while still being cohesive with the rest of the space. What I love about this home is from room to room we played off materials and elements in a surrounding space. In this case we pulled in the same dark green cabinetry, marble countertops, white oak, and brass library sconce used in the kitchen, incorporated a fluted glass panel into the upper, full-height cabinet door which tied in with the same glass used on the pantry pocket door, and layered in a custom, hand-painted, patterned tile to make this zone its own. The tile was also meant to pay homage to the original Spanish-style roots of the home in a really classic and subtle way. Badda-bing badda-boom!
T H E P A N T R Y
Hello, pantry of my dreams. We kept it real simple in here and went with all-white everything and an exposed storage drawer system. A pantry gets busy real quick, and is also naturally a smaller space so we skipped the moody, dark green and here and opted for a fresh and bright white palette.
P.S. Pictured and styled into this dreamy pantry space is our ‘Utah No. 1’ print shown in a 12” x 18” size available for purchase at The Print Shop.
T H E F O R M A L D I N I N G
Last but not least, the formal dining which sits just on the other side of the new pantry, connecting the kitchen as a whole to the main family room. AKA family gathering central and where this family will spend their time during the holidays with the ones they love most. Homes and our spaces in general are obviously so important to me for a myriad of reasons, but when it comes to the places we sit and eat our meals, nourish ourselves, connect with our loved ones, laugh, talk, and spend quality time - this is what makes it all so special.
This formal dining again played off the surrounding rooms - we brought in the cabinetry and marble from the kitchen but switched up the lighting and went with darker bronze fixtures to start to play off the main family room and the darker metals found in that space. We added this custom, built-in dining buffet for additional storage and place to serve up family meals buffet-style on holidays and special occasions. To finish off the space - a vintage rug (duh), a dining table that extends and seats up to 12, and the biggest rubber plant you ever did see, living its best life.
That’s it for now, if you read this far, THANK YOU! I hope you enjoyed this tour and project reveal as much as we did. Full reveal of this home can be found here- enjoy.
xx
Solstice Interiors