Under Dawn’s advice, drawers
and cabinets were placed where they’d
be most helpful for cooking and baking,
and a new mudroom bank of cabinets
and drawers was built to disguise the
shoes and coats that were formerly
stowed in the open. Doors now also
hide away the utility sink, where avid
gardener and cook Peter might wash
fresh backyard produce, or his golf clubs,
as the moment requires.
Everyone contributed to the design.
Emily found the pale-blue leaf tile that
serves as a stovetop backsplash, and the
built-in bar with lovely glass-paneled
doors was her idea. Peter spotted the
moody gray and blue art, whose circles
and lines – as Dawn points out – echo
the treads and helix shape of the spiral
stairs. For the adjoining first-floor bath,
which was also renovated at the same
time, Dawn located vintage Indian
shutters at a Larchmere Boulevard
shop, and Woodworks turned them
into cabinets. Everywhere, there’s the
stamp of artistic inspiration paired with
collaboration.
Similarly, the team brought new
life to a small paneled office next to the
kitchen. Formerly presenting a blank
solid wall to the kitchen, Woodworks
cut an opening and installed a sleek
glass-paned pocket door that manages
to perfectly mesh with both the clean
white lines of the kitchen and the warm
wood of the library. Dawn recommended
the lighting. Now the Geier kids can do
homework in the space within sight but
apart from the bustle of the kitchen.
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Sconces by Cleveland Art.
Metal shelving by Alex Loos
of Hans Noble Design
Company, Cleveland.
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