Budget Breakdown: A Kitchen Renovation Uses Sustainable Materials and Lush Wallpaper to Go Green

An appliance update turned into a full-on remodel in this Portland, Oregon, family's home.

Budget Breakdown: A Kitchen Renovation Uses Sustainable Materials and Lush Wallpaper to Go Green

An appliance update turned into a full-on remodel in this Portland, Oregon, family's home.

What began with a broken oven needing replacement evolved into something much more exciting: a kitchen transformation, centered on a botanical breakfast nook.

In Heather Thompson and Sam Grady’s renovated kitchen, custom cabinetry includes a hidden filing cabinet for important family papers.

Homeowners Heather Thompson, a literary specialist in Lake Oswego School District, and Sam Gaty, executive director at a nonprofit that supports documentary filmmakers, loved almost everything about their spacious, light-filled 1965 ranch house in Portland, Oregon’s West Haven neighborhood. But the one pain point was the kitchen, a cramped, dark space with a bad layout.

The island, topped with a marble slab bought at a discount, anchors the space.

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