Kitchen story
When Dylan and Kate moved in, the Arnett-Fullen House was an office, so the kitchen facilities were pretty bare bones: a sink, a counter, and a dishwasher. Conventional 60’s style cabinets and countertops greeted the new owners.
Kate and Dylan wanted to return the kitchen to its original state: A scullery, where all of the cooking and cleaning were done, and a room added on at a later date. Underneath the drywall and formica, the old brick started to emerge.
It turns out the “modern” kitchen had not one but two ceilings. As they were removed, Dylan and Kate were amazed to see the full 11-foot height of the original scullery.
Here you see a bricked up doorway into the dining room. Originally, the scullery opened on the dining room and the other part of the kitchen was not there.
It was cold work during March 2006. We worked for days to brush off the brick. Note the bricked up window over the arch. Originally this was an outer wall.
Dean Mirabassi did a lot of the technical wood finishing and artistic detail on the kitchen, including cleaning off the old ceiling boards to reveal their former glory.
Dean found this on the back of the window frame. It says “
We refinished the “mahogany monstrosity” over the course of several months. It was a huge job, but it grand scale fits in really well with the kitchen.
We found old tin ceiling tiles in
…and put them in the “new” part of the kitchen, possibly where the maid used to have her bed.
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The stove is an original wood burning stove, restored by Rodney Zell from
Our good friend Dominique Schreurs from
I daresay the scullery never looked so good!
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