When one of our favorite clients in Alexandria moved back home to Dallas, we jumped at the chance to help her update her kitchen remotely.  After designing several rooms in her Rosemont/ Alexandria home, we were intimately familiar with her aesthetic and could provide a full design package for her GC to execute. 

Although the overall footprint of this kitchen has changed very little, the transformation is dramatic. The only structural adjustment was slightly enclosing the kitchen from the living room to make room for a larger, more functional pantry—but within the existing space, nearly everything was reimagined.

We relocated the refrigerator to the former oven-stack location and upsized it—because in Dallas, go big or go home! The original walk-in pantry was replaced with a full wall of custom cabinetry that works much harder: it now houses a small-appliance pantry, a wall-oven stack, a coffee bar, and significantly more efficient food storage.

To make the most of the room’s 10-foot ceilings, cabinetry now extends to the ceiling, maximizing storage while bringing a stronger sense of scale and proportion to the space.

At the center of the room, the island was redesigned to become a properly scaled, functional focal point—both beautiful and practical for daily use and gathering.

The real star of the space, however, is the custom white oak cabinetry. A mix of natural oak and deep teal-painted cabinets creates depth, warmth, and drama, accented with brass hardware and crisp white surfaces. The palette provides the perfect backdrop for the homeowners’ vintage table, chairs, rug, china, and collected accessories, allowing old and new to feel seamlessly at home together.

Credits

Photos: Lindsay Boudreaux
Design: Lindsay Boudreaux, Kristen Hoeflinger, Emily Pasquariello