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In the zones<br />
The kitchen is open, yet spatially divided into two separate spaces. One side of the kitchen is the<br />
functional, cooking side of the kitchen while the other side is more of the entertaining section.<br />
Walnut detail nooks, like the butler’s pantry and baking nook, accentuate the white Shaker cabinetry<br />
throughout.<br />
“I try to select finishes I think everyone will like and then add my style through hardware,”<br />
Lorinn explains. “It’s much easier for a new owner to change handles than replace the cabinetry.”<br />
The larger subway tile backsplash, which Lorinn was happy Kohler suggested, gives the space<br />
a clean finish while honoring the original style of the home, as do the curve-cornered walls. The<br />
radiators were removed and secret storage nooks were constructed in their place. Lorinn and Don<br />
also chose to keep the original hardware on the doors of the home.<br />
Lorinn chose a Carrara quartz countertop because it gives the look of marble with more durability,<br />
which is important to her as she loves to cook and bake.<br />
Replacing the flooring with walnut hardwood was a challenge during Covid. “We thought we<br />
were going to have to drive to North Carolina and load the lumber on a trailer ourselves,” Lorinn<br />
remembers with a laugh. “But it all worked out and was delivered in the end.”<br />
Covid tavern<br />
An addition was added onto the house right off the kitchen in the early 2000s, which includes a<br />
billiard room, bar, and apartment where Lorinn’s son lives. The billiard room features a massive<br />
fireplace with masonry work completed by a relative of the original stonemason of the house in<br />
the 1920s.<br />
“I call this room the Kenwood Room,” Lorinn explains. “Because it reminds me of the Kenwood<br />
Country Club.”<br />
The bar off the Kenwood Room came in especially handy during Covid, serving as the watering<br />
hole for the family. Lorinn and Don take turns bartending, but Lorinn admits she makes the better<br />
cocktails. She says the three taps are, “a beer for me, a beer for Donnie, and a beer for the kids.<br />
“We had such a good time spending evenings in here during quarantine,” she adds.<br />
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housetrends magazine <strong>2021</strong> 25
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