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West Seattle Townhouse

A face-frame refacing project pairing warm rift white oak lowers with light painted cabinetry.

Location
West Seattle
Construction
Face-frame
Material
Rift white oak and painted maple
Door
Shaker
Finish
Natural oak and Athena White

Project scope

The existing pantry needed to accommodate a microwave and open cookbook storage, while the overall kitchen needed a more finished relationship with the ceiling.

  • Face-frame
  • Rift white oak and painted maple
  • Shaker
  • Natural oak and Athena White
  • Coordinated additions
West Seattle townhouse kitchen with white and rift oak cabinetry

West Seattle

West Seattle Townhouse

A face-frame refacing project pairing warm rift white oak lowers with light painted cabinetry.

Construction
Face-frame
Material
Rift white oak and painted maple
Door
Shaker
Finish
Natural oak and Athena White
West Seattle townhouse kitchen with white and rift oak cabinetry

West Seattle

West Seattle Townhouse

A face-frame refacing project pairing warm rift white oak lowers with light painted cabinetry.

Construction
Face-frame
Material
Rift white oak and painted maple
Door
Shaker
Finish
Natural oak and Athena White

Materials and work

We combined Athena White shaker fronts with natural rift white oak lowers, adapted the pantry, and framed the upper cabinetry to the ceiling.

West Seattle townhouse kitchen with white and rift oak cabinetry

West Seattle

West Seattle Townhouse

A face-frame refacing project pairing warm rift white oak lowers with light painted cabinetry.

Construction
Face-frame
Material
Rift white oak and painted maple
Door
Shaker
Finish
Natural oak and Athena White
West Seattle townhouse kitchen with white and rift oak cabinetry

West Seattle

West Seattle Townhouse

A face-frame refacing project pairing warm rift white oak lowers with light painted cabinetry.

Construction
Face-frame
Material
Rift white oak and painted maple
Door
Shaker
Finish
Natural oak and Athena White

Finished result

The retained face-frame kitchen reads as one intentional composition, with practical storage changes built into the visual update.

West Seattle townhouse kitchen with white and rift oak cabinetry

West Seattle

West Seattle Townhouse

A face-frame refacing project pairing warm rift white oak lowers with light painted cabinetry.

Construction
Face-frame
Material
Rift white oak and painted maple
Door
Shaker
Finish
Natural oak and Athena White

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