Beauty, Meet Function

Brandy Reisinger’s kitchen makeover was featured in the
Fall 2021 edition of Gallery of Homes, a Home & Garden magazine.

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Beauty, Meet Function

TEXT | MELODY PARKER
PHOTOS | BRANDON POLLOCK

Space, form, line, texture, pattern, color, layering and balance – these are the ingredients of good design. It’s also about stories. Every space has to work and tell the story of the people who live there.

Brandy Reisinger, Senior Designer

Interior designer Brandy Reisinger of Design 360 in Waverly worked with homeowners to create a beautiful, functional kitchen and family room that felt like them, where family and friends would look around and say “it’s so you!”

After downsizing into a home on a wooded lot they had loved for four years, they decided they didn’t love the kitchen quite so much. “We wanted to modernize and update the kitchen. We liked the footprint, but we wanted to make it a statement. We needed the kitchen to function better and we needed more storage,” the owners said.

“It’s a ‘wow’ kitchen,” said Reisinger.

“We put our faith in Brandy, and she gave us a beautiful kitchen. Two or even four people can work in the kitchen at one time. There’s room to store things,” the owners said.

Crisp white cabinetry is the backdrop for the stand-out kitchen, accented by a fresh geometric tile backsplash from Atlas Concorde. Interiors feature a variety of pullouts based on how the workspace is zoned. Taking cabinets to the ceiling helped with the scale and crown molding is the finishing touch, as well as the Hanstone quartz counter tops.

Reisinger expanded the size and depth of the island, keeping it at counter height and using a carbon stain to contrast with the existing maple floor. There’s seating for four and a trio of Kichler black pendant lights above the island add a hint of industrial chic.

Reisinger put a frosted glass door on the pantry and updated storage in the laundry as well. She flipped the dishwasher from left to right and added a garbage compactor. In keeping with the homeowner’s love for entertaining, she created an area devoted to a coffee bar and wine fridge, easily accessible to a covered porch.

Throughout the kitchen, the designer worked from a neutral palette of pure white, café latte, carbon and gray. The original cabinets were salvaged and moved to the lower level giving the homeowners a practical and handy prep kitchen on the deck.

“We didn’t really use the space until I started working from home during the pandemic and it became my office,” the homeowner said. Her husband added, “With just the two of us we enjoy being downstairs more. Overall the house feels so much more functional and comfortable with usable living spaces on each level.”

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