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"When interior designer Kristi Dinner, of Denver&amp;#039;s Company kd, suggested a gray and red color scheme as a way of brightening Shelly and Garett Voecks&amp;#039; dated galley kitchen, the young couple hesitated. &amp;quot;We had a hard time visualizing light, bright and airy with those colors,&amp;quot; says Shelly, who knew the existing dark wood cabinets, paneled appliances and Mexican tile had to go. Meanwhile, Dinner not only had to prove her instincts were on target for melding the renovated kitchen with the rest of the charming 1933 Mediterranean-style house, but she had to marry Shelly&amp;#039;s aesthetic requirements with Garett&amp;#039;s needs as a gourmet cook. &amp;quot;He wanted commercial-grade appliances and it was obvious that his request was going to eat up a lot of the budget,&amp;quot; says the designer, who opened an existing archway as much as possible to make room for a state-of-the-art stove with six burners and a griddle. &amp;quot;We had to do some rebuilding of the space to accommodate the size of the new appliances, but we kept the remodeled kitchen in the same footprint as the old.&amp;quot; Content to let the stainless steel make the requisite modern statement, Dinner pondered how she could rework the existing cabinets\u2014&amp;quot;They weren&amp;#039;t badly constructed, just ugly,&amp;quot; she says\u2014into something that would exude Old World charm. &amp;quot;I showed the owners fine European furniture pieces with different layers of paint coming through and applied that same idea to the cabinets,&amp;quot; says Dinner. &amp;quot;We started with layers of deep garnet followed by layers of a taupe gray and rubbed it through to get the red on the edges.&amp;quot; To prevent the end result from looking like a &amp;quot;sea of wood,&amp;quot; Dinner cut out the center raised panel of some of the doors, replaced them with chicken wire, and proceeded to paint the cabinet interiors a garnet red hue. &amp;quot;I did that to set off the dishes,&amp;quot; she says, noting that she also replaced all the knobs and pulls. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s nothing like fresh paint and hardware to update a space and add value.&amp;quot; For continuity, playful touches of red appear throughout the space. Garnet flecks add zest to the granite countertop, red sliding spice shelves pop on either side of the ovens, red specks perk up the terrazzo tile floor, and dozens of small red square glass tiles catch the eye in the backsplash that surrounds the stove. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s one of my tricks. I like exploding pattern in small spaces,&amp;quot; says Dinner. &amp;quot;I felt it was important to have color and pattern around the stove, but it&amp;#039;s contained so you can get away with it.&amp;quot; The intricate pattern is repeated behind the new breakfast counter, which is set beneath an original arched window at the far end of the kitchen. &amp;quot;These are all-natural materials that work because they don&amp;#039;t look ultra-modern or trendy,&amp;quot; says the designer. &amp;quot;Other than the appliances, everything looks like it could be from the 1930s, making it all a perfect fit for the architecture.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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