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ONE of the things that
sold the West Van
homeowners on their |
45-year-old Colonial
“was its wide circular
driveway and location.
But they. were not sold on
’ the present look of the house
and especially the layout of
the kitchen. Situated in the

= northwest corner of the
- house, the kitchen was dark

- and small. It definitely need-

...ed to be opened up to allow
“a lot more light to filter in.

The house itself had great fy

promise but required an
| extensive renovation to
_acconimodate the family of

= five. In a neighborhood they
love, the house has a beauti-:

» ful pool and level basement
entrance which was ideal for
teenage kids and friends.-

° The goal was to update
the house-and rescue it from
its “time warp”. decor. There

> was no question the house

Was in dire néed of updating,

- so the homeowners decided
to.assume the role of the.

», general contractor and hire
the independent sub- trades
as required...

Starting with the main
el, che walls and ceilings
Were Opened ‘up and taken
back to stud. Secretariat’s ~
dream but not: the owners.
The electrical was rewired”
walls were re-insulatéd:
“It was quite a mess, but.
¢ knew with the proper

; design the kitchen ‘ha enor’

mous potential,” recall the ©”
rénovators. Fortunately for

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NGRTH SHORE NEWS HOME,

them, having a bit of a knack
for design and decorating
didn’t hurt either.

With their own design
plan in hand, the 22- by-12-
toot kitchen was taken down
to bare bones and recreated,
replacing the old, tired cup-
beards and unimaginative
counterrops with beautiful
shaker-stvle hemlock cabinets
and glamorous granite work
surfaces.

Part of the couple's wish
was to outfit the kitchen for
serious cooking without com-
promising the simplicity and
elegance of the design. New
state-of-the art ovens and
cook tops replaced the exist-
ing ones and a new
island /countertop was
installed that now acts as a
partition between the work

.+ area and adjoining family’.

rooms,

The biggest challenge for

> the kitchen; however, was to.

somehow reposition the cabi-
nets in such a way as to make

-them more efficient but with-
‘out compromising any natur-

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‘ THE goal of this renovation was Sto update the house and rescue it from its “time :
warp” decor. The kitchen was taxen down to bare bones and recreated, with the
installation of shaker-style hemiock cabinets and grantie work surfaces.

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too many

T should have figured
it out a lot sooner.

My first husband tried to
tell me repeatedly but J
assumed he was just tryiag
to make me mad. My moth-
er told me the same thing,
but no, [ refused to listen
to her lectures. My kids toid.-
me, I even had a friend cell
me, but I honestly believed
they were all mistaken.

1 always thought I was a
geod driver. Until now.

After three accidents in
the last 18 months, I accept
that | was wrong. P'm a ter-
rible driver. I've probably
always been a terrible driver. -
I'm a big enough person |.
that I can handle this. .
There, are you all satisfied?

It’s not just that ['m a
bad driver. I've become a
nervous driver too. When |
got into my last accident
was given a loaner car to
drive for the month it took
to fix my car. It was a gut
less lictle black Neon and

I'll tell you what, it sound
ed like my mother’s old
sewing machine when I
started it: I hated driving i i
and so I didn’t.

The day I got my own
car out of the shop I was
thrilled. Except that‘in the -

- month that ’vehad it back;
-Pve probably only driven i it
“a half dozen or so times

too.And I really like the:
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