A Typical Vintage Kitchen Comes to Life in Maple Grove
Photos by Alyssa Lee

Right after a Saturday morning workout in 2019, the proprietor of this Maple Grove kitchen area came property to a not-so-pretty shock. Drip, drip, drip. A line break in the refrigerator’s ice maker was sending water into the lower amount, and the ceiling—soft and soggy, she before long discovered—was on its way to slipping via. Even though a primary-flooring remodel was previously on her and her husband’s radar, the unanticipated blow to the integrity of the 1990s structure warranted an expedited timeline.
Their initial connect with was to MA Peterson Designbuild, the exact Edina firm that renovated the couple’s learn suite a several years prior. Spearheading this second job would be operator and guide designer Mark Peterson, who encouraged the pair to not only correct the first issue but also rethink the kitchen’s orientation—a modify that could dramatically enhance stream, normal light, and sights of the residence.

They were being hesitant at very first, the wife admits, as Peterson’s designs included nixing her beloved walk-in pantry and buying and selling the first U-shaped kitchen area for a a lot more open, L-formed structure. He also proposed a substantial quad-door procedure that would forget about the wife’s gardens and nearby Elm Creek. “I mentioned to them, ‘You have such a terrific backyard, why don’t you open up it up to carry all that stunning mild and character into the kitchen?’” Peterson recalls. (The wife, a grasp gardener, now considers the addition a “game-changer.”)
Inside designer Bridget Chirigos of Chirigos Models was tasked with translating the wife’s considerably-obscure needs into a place absolutely free of inefficacies in sort, functionality, and aptitude. “It was more of a experience than an actual route,” Chirigos says, “but I knew we would be onto one thing whenever her eyes would mild up.”
They landed on a classic vintage aesthetic, achieved by way of Chirigos’ very careful attention to alternatives and finishes. In reality, she likened the kitchen’s qualities to a Cadillac—pointing out its customized cabinetry, Calacatta quartz counter tops, Hudson Valley light fixtures, and crackled ceramic tile backsplash. Higher than all, the diamond-pane leaded home windows that flank the array are a unanimous preferred. The aged world-encouraged aspect maximizes adjacent mild and provides the best residence for the gardener’s potted topiaries. She also adores her two new pantries—which, even with her primary worry of stating farewell to the walk-in—are fabulously functional, she states.
The end result is an open, gentle-loaded kitchen with hints of French aptitude, in which drips of water had been remodeled into a place that now drips luxurious. “When it was all accomplished and I walked into the property for the initial time, there had been tears in my eyes,” the wife claims. (Now which is a distinctive form of drinking water we can definitely guidance.)