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Before Photo courtesy of Awad + Koontz;
After photos courtesy of Troy Gustafson
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2008 Fall Remodelers ShowcaseSM #59; kitchen remodel, Minneapolis
Before Photo courtesy of Awad + Koontz;
After photos courtesy of Troy Gustafson
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This southwest Minneapolis home was a prime candidate for remodeling. Built in 1925, its small kitchen was placed awkwardly, and it had no mudroom or main-floor bath.
“The kitchen was really substandard; it was a poor layout,” explains Jim Koontz, who is co-owner of Awad + Koontz with Ali Awad, AIA. The owners wanted a better functioning kitchen, a powder room, and a mudroom entry.
To make the kitchen—and adjacent dining room—feel more spacious, Awad + Koontz knocked out the wall between the two spaces. Now, there were sightlines from the 
front entry to the kitchen, so the dark cherry cabinetry was designed with formal elements to help it connect to the entryway’s character. A new kitchen island separated pass-through and work zones in the compact-but-efficient space. Pulling the kitchen forward from the rear wall freed up a discreet area where the new powder room and mudroom were tucked at the back door.
“The homeowners are thrilled,” Awad says. “Their house is so much easier to move through, and without making it any bigger it feels a lot bigger.”
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612-243-0540 | awadandkoontz.com
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