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Basement kitchen

A second kitchen, in a basement

A basement rec room with red walls and a bare concrete slab, turned into a full working kitchen — cabinets to the ceiling, quartz counters, an island, and plank flooring throughout.

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Full basement kitchen
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Basement kitchen
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Finished basement kitchen — white cabinetry, quartz counters, island and plank flooring

From a slab up

This started as a basement rec room: red accent walls, a bare concrete slab, and no plumbing where a kitchen needed to go. Everything you see had to be brought in — the runs, the drain, the cabinets, the flooring, all of it.

The cabinets came in flat and got stacked in the middle of the room while the walls were patched and the base run was set out. The island frame went in early so the electrical and the counter overhang could be measured off something real rather than off a drawing.

It finished as a full second kitchen — a run of uppers to the ceiling, quartz tops, an island with seating, and the same plank flooring carried through so it reads as part of the house instead of a basement add-on.

Cabinets stacked in the middle of the room
Cabinets stacked in the middle of the room
The first base cabinet against the old red wall
The first base cabinet against the old red wall
Island frame in, so the counters could be measured off it
Island frame in, so the counters could be measured off it
Counters on, before appliances
Counters on, before appliances
The tall run going in
The tall run going in
After — the sink run
After — the sink run
After — the range wall
After — the range wall
After — the island
After — the island

Before & after

Before — The corner
Before · The corner
After — The corner
After · The corner
Before — The room
Before · The room
After — The room
After · The room
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Materials
Flat-panel cabinetry Quartz counters Island with seating Plank flooring Recessed lighting

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