Upper west side kitchen renovation - Before and after

For this upper west side kitchen renovation, our clients wanted (needed!) more room to move around and also wanted the kitchen to feel more bright and have a modern aesthetic. Galley-style kitchens like this one are long narrow rectangles with a hopeful window at the far end, and are just a few feet width wise. This job sounded run yet challenging, thinking of how we would get our client’s a few more feet, let alone inches to make the kitchen wider. We started by demoing the existing cabinets on each side which made the kitchen instantly more spacious, without the heavy wall to wall cabinets. To make it less heavy feeling, and more open we replaced cabinets with custom floating shelves on both sides of the kitchen, and opted for a floating stone countertop instead of more rows of cabinets. I chose glass subway tiles which we did from floor to ceiling on the left side to keep it classic and in line with the style of their prewar building, yet giving the space an elegance feel. We used a clean white paint color for the floating shelves and cabinets, and added a Wolfe stove with fun red knobs as a pop of color. By adding marble countertops and updated fixtures we really brought the space to a new, more modern level. Of course we couldn’t resist adding the zebra cow hide stools for touches of color, and our clients’ lovely antique runner was right at home after the reno. This upper west side kitchen renovation was so much fun, and hope you enjoy the before and after photos!