Built in 1977, this island retreat was in desperate need of a kitchen make over. In addition to being located on one of the many San Juan Islands, this 1800 sq ft cottage had a very unique “Bird House” design. This means that on the main floor, two of the exterior walls slanted outward (at 17 degrees). These walls then intersected the 12:12 roof line about four feet above the main floor. The longest wall of the kitchen (13′ 9″) bordered on this wall preventing any upper cabinets as well as a interesting problem of lower cabinet installation. Also adding to the overall design problems was a structural post that ran from the basement through the kitchen area supporting the main roof truss.
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After inital kitchen demo
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A level cabinet height wall built to mount the lower cabinets on. It was framed so that there was an additional 5" behind cabinet wall for more main counter space. Additional framing behind this allowed for a 10" shelf above the main counter.
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This shows afer cabinet and granite counter tops installed
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Kitchen remodel complete
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