Every home renovation has its ‘moment of truth’—a pivotal feature that helps decide everything else. In this classic country update, the turning point came not with the style of cabinets or the choice of paint colour, but instead with the NFL season opener.
The kitchen’s owners, former Canadian Home & Country group publisher Jacqueline Howe and her husband, Gavan, share the cooking in their family of five, and Gavan often combines two passions, preparing Sunday dinners while he watches afternoon football. So when editor Erin McLaughlin, who aided the design process, suggested relocating the range away from the peninsula facing the family room—and the large-screen TV—some, er, delicate negotiation was required.
The idea made good design sense: The existing cooktop was visible from both family room and adjacent dining room—along with the chaos of cookpots, dishes and splashes. As well, Erin wanted to organize the kitchen layout around a single focal point, and she and the couple had agreed that should be the six-burner, double-oven stainless steel Viking range. So, with figurative fingers crossed, they resolutely moved the range to the kitchen’s interior wall, and extended the wall 12 inches to further define the 9-by-14-foot kitchen area—a minor enhancement that caused friends to query, “Did you add more space?”
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