(May 18, 2019, 9:14 pm)
20 Year Photo Challenge!
20 years ago, in 1999, I had the privilege of working with Gerard Hall, owner of Sunwood Kitchen and Bath Design. He created a beautiful kitchen for our new home featuring honey maple cabinets, metal wire detailing on the uppers, copper hood fan, and copper metal knobs to match our black granite counter top with copper flecking. Gerard listened to our vision and then designed, manufactured and installed the cabinetry in our kitchen, family room, laundry room, and bathrooms. The entire process and product were beyond our expectations.
The photos attached show our same kitchen, now 20 years later, in May 2019! The only area that needed attention was the space for our built-in fridge. When our 20-year fridge needed to be replaced last month, we realized new full-size refrigerators are now at least 70 inches high. Our space was 1 inch too small! I called Sunwood and spoke with designer Marisa Paterson. Going back to Sunwood was like visiting family we had not seen for years! Gerard and Marisa worked a plan to economically cut down the size of the existing cabinet above our fridge, cut down the size of the existing doors, and create a removable valence in matching butternut stain to accommodate our new refrigerator. The whole process took only a few days, and our renovated fridge space was ready to go! Our new fridge is now installed, and we are thrilled with the result.
Marisa was so easy to work with, kind, and reliable, we have now hired Sunwood again to do a new kitchen in the commercial office space we are building. In professional Sunwood fashion, within a few days, Marisa created a kitchen design to fit our building plans and met with us to choose cabinets and counter tops.
Thank you, Gerard, Marisa and Sunwood for adding sustainable and functional beauty to our home and workspace!
