The Story Behind Our Award-Winning Kitchen

I have to tell you, this kitchen was a real challenge.

When I first walked into the space, my immediate thought was, “Well… this is going to be interesting.”

The kitchen was small. Really small. The cabinetry was limited, storage was almost nonexistent for a family of this size, and unlike many remodeling projects, there wasn’t an obvious solution. We couldn’t borrow space from another room. We couldn’t push walls out. We couldn’t make the kitchen bigger.

We had to make the same square footage work much, much harder.

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One of the things I love most about design is that constraints force creativity.

Give me unlimited space and unlimited budget, and sure, I can design a beautiful kitchen. (Who couldn’t??)

But ask me to create more storage, improve functionality, make the room feel larger, support a busy family, and do it all within the same footprint? Now we’re solving a puzzle.

And this kitchen was a good puzzle!

Every cabinet mattered. Every inch mattered. Every decision mattered.

 

What people first see when they look at this kitchen now is the color. And rightfully so.

The coral cabinetry has become the signature element of the project. It’s joyful, unexpected, and changes constantly throughout the day depending on the light.

But what earned this kitchen recognition wasn’t the color. It was everything happening behind the color.

One of the biggest goals was creating enough storage for a large family without making the room feel crowded. We spent an incredible amount of time studying how the family used the space, what wasn’t working, and where opportunities existed that weren’t immediately obvious.

Sometimes good design isn’t about adding more, it’s about using what’s already there more intelligently.

We reworked the layout, rethought storage, and carefully planned every inch of cabinetry so the kitchen could support the way this family lives.

And that’s always the goal, not creating a beautiful photograph.

Creating a beautiful life inside the photograph.

 

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The kitchen now holds everything it needs to hold. The family gathers here. The space functions effortlessly. The storage works. The circulation works. The room feels brighter, larger, and infinitely more welcoming than it once did.

And then something reeaaaally exciting happened.

The project received the American Society of Interior Designers Florida Chapter’s Impact Design Award.

As designers, awards are wonderful. They’re validating and they tell you your peers recognize the work.

 

But if I’m being honest, that’s not my favorite part of this story.

My favorite part is knowing that a family who once struggled with this kitchen now gets to enjoy it every single day.

Because at the end of the day, that’s why we do this.