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‘NV designer wins award for kitchen renovation

Marcie Gocd
News Reporter mgood@nsnews.com

THE kitchen has come a long way
since the time it was a tiny hidden
alcove, the sole domain of the woman
of the house.

Now, kitchens are party rooms, meeting
places, and the centre of the home.

‘Those functions are all reflected in the Silver
Georgie award-winning design of North
--- Vancouver’s Lyn Rankin. The annual award is

~ sponsored by the Canadian Home. Builders’
-. Association of B.C. Rankin, who owns
_ Applecross Kitchens, won the award for best
kitchen renovation.
“The kitchen is not just where you cook
: food, it’s a feature of the home,” she said. “It’s
become another entertainment room.”
‘The renovation of the North Vancouver
kitchen included knocking out a wall and mov-
ing it back five feet, and the resulting space was
“.. very large. Her clients wanted a “furniture” look
“ gather than a “kitchen” look, in order to blend
.. the kitchen with the rest of the home.
“. For the cabinets, they used a custom-built
~ maple raised panel door, with a light cream glaze,
“a colour which carries throughout the house.
A desk and file drawers are built into the
_ kitchen design, meant to be “totally unobtru-
~ sive” and not to look like'an office.
~: Atelevision and stereo, becoming more com-
mon in kitchen ‘renovations, are hidden behind

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THE kitchen has a. small work space
with a desk and two file drawers.

cabinet doors. .

Two sinks allow more than one person to
prepare a meal, reflecting a family approach to
cooking. A warming oven, where food can be
kept fresh, is a benefit for a frequent entertainer.

The floor tile is porcelain, and the backsplash
behind the stove is a rough-hewn tumbled mar-
ble. The granite counter top, named “blue bar-
racuda,” is a blue-and-black pattern with a hint
of gold. .

Rankin says she uses local companies as much
as possible, allowing a quicker completion of ren-
ovation projects.

’asmus honoured f

_Mareie Good profession.

Rasmus, the owner of

IWews Reporter
mgood@nsnews.com :
“BOB Rasmus has .
cleaned up enough
‘messes from other:
‘home renovators to
“know that there are
some less-than-desir-

able ‘characters in his.

So he’s been doing what
he can to fix up that bad rap.
: Those efforts, which
include working to build a
playground for ‘the North
Shore Association: for the
Mentally Handicapped,
recently won him a commu-
nity service award from the
Greater Vancouver Home
Builders’ Association.

RJR Construction, has vol-
unteered for the Lynn Valley
Lions Club for the past 10
years. He serves as the
provincial chair for the
Journey for Sight, a fundrais-
er for the Canadian National
Institute for the Blind, and
also as the Lions’ district
Sight Awareness chairman.
The. community service

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CREAM ccloured finish covers the maple cabinets, which have ralsed-pane! .
doors. With its “furniture” look, the kitchen blends into the rest of the home.

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award recognizes. volunteer
work outside of the profes-
sion.

But Peter Simpson, chief
operating officer of the
GVHBA, notes that Rasmus
has also worked hard to pro-
mote conimunity projects as
a member of the organiza-
tion’s renovation council.

“The guy packs a lot of
power into a short package,”

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said Peter Simpson, chief
officer of «the
GVHBA. “If I had five or six
Bobs it would make my job a
lot easier.” :
The renovation council

operating

has built access ramps for’.

wheelchairs at the South
Fraser Child Development
Centre, and is working on a
playground for the North
Shore Association for the

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Rasmus is the immediate.”

past president of the North.”
Shore Executive Association,::
which provides annual bur-
saries to organizations . for
education. ers
He also sits on the board: .:
of the GVHBA and is- the...
national renovation -.repre-..”
sentative. to the Canadian:
Home Builder’s Association. :

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