She wouldn’t be my daughter, if she weren’t undergoing a major home remodel in her third trimester. But there we were. I still remember being pregnant with her and standing in the torn-up kitchen of the California home I was remodeling — surrounded by hammers pounding, drills grinding, and no working appliances — when my water broke.
History repeats. When Paige and her husband, Adam, bought their first home together in the Denver area two years ago, the 15-year-old kitchen and . The kitchen felt cramped and dated.
The backsplash was busy. Old appliances were not energy efficient. Temperature markers had worn off the stove dials.
The refrigerator stuck out too far. And the builder-grade fixtures were ho-hum. Because they both love to cook and entertain, Paige wanted an eat-in kitchen with room at the island for a couple of counter stools.
Adam wanted a gas, rather than electric, stovetop. But the more they studied the space, the less they thought this would be possible, let alone affordable. They lived with what was and pondered their options.
Then Paige learned she was pregnant, and the nesting instinct kicked in. Suddenly, resolving the kitchen question became a top priority. “I needed to find out if we could to this,” she said, “or if we needed to think about moving.
” They called interior designer Kate Clapp, owner of Kate Saige Interiors, who saw several ways they could get their dream eat-in kitchen and also re-do the bathroom without knocking out walls or.
