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Outdoor Kitchen

Kent, WA - A classical style garden pavilion is added onto a substantial Kent home to house a new outdoor kitchen


Some of the most challenging homes to work with are the 1970’s era mansard roof style homes.  While this substantial home located in Kent, Washington takes advantages of views to the one acres property, it lacked architectural detailing and style.  When the owner requested an outdoor kitchen structure to extend outdoor living through much of the year, we seized this opportunity to add some style to the home.

 

The outdoor kitchen is designed like a ‘garden pavilion’ structure, with its columned corners and metal trellis detailing.  The most prominent visual features are the three arched sides of the structure clad in copper roofing.  The interior of the kitchen features a vaulted roof in stained wood, with an operable skylight at the top to vent any cooking fumes that escape the kitchen vent hood.  Outdoor heaters help to extend outdoor living into all four seasons. A new rich stamped concrete patio connects the kitchen to other outdoor living areas of the house, and the indoor kitchen.  An area of blue stone pavers inside the kitchen helps define the kitchen space from the yard and adds some more architectural detailing.