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28 | Kitchen & Bath Design News | June 2015 By Kim Berndtson S ince the owners purchased their circa-1970s suburban colonial home in Wyckof, NJ, they have been busy making reno- vations, working with designer Don DiNovi, CKD, and Bart Colasuono, project manager at design/build frm Ulrich, Inc. in nearby Ridgewood, to update and upgrade each room. "The home was very nondescript," says DiNovi, noting that the active family of four wanted to give it some character, interest and charm. Moving uneventfully from room to room, challenges surfaced when it came time to renovate the kitch- en. When the homeowners initially purchased the house, they had an- ticipated being able to enclose the existing screened-in porch, utilizing it as the new kitchen footprint and creating a space that seamlessly in- corporated kitchen, dining and family space into one functional and com- fortable area. However, the reality was that the porch did not have footings to sustain that plan. "We ended up having to knock down the screen porch to create a new kitchen addition," he says, add- ing that the original kitchen became the dinette while the original dinette became the new mud room and pow- der room. The original powder room space was integrated into the existing formal dining room. Challenges were further complicated with the original kitchen/dinette's direct access to the garage, which meant cold and heat, as well as odors, could easily perme- ate the home. "We wanted to give a barrier to the garage," says DiNovi. "The new mud room, as well as a sliding glass door, serves as that barrier." DEDICATED WORK ZONES With a new foor plan in place, DiNovi worked to create a kitchen that would be functional for multiple cooks while featuring an area dedicated to bak- ing. To accomplish these goals, he designed three work stations – one each for cooking, cleaning and food storage, with the area between the food storage and secondary cook zone devoted to baking. The main cooking zone features several Wolf appliances, including a gas range top, ventilation hood and secondary electric cooktop that the Project Case Study { Spotlight on creative, problem-solving kitchens and baths } Multiple Colors, Finishes Transform Colonial Kitchen COOKING ZONE Serves as a focal point for the new kitchen addition CLEANING ZONE Gives the homeowner a place to easily clean up after meals FOOD STORAGE ZONE Provides convenient access to dry and cold goods