Lake Stevens Family Room and Powder Room

This project happens to be in my home. We had a fireplace that didn’t work, and the cabinet was very open, which collected clutter. My boys wanted the new cabinet to accommodate a TV on top. (Previously it was housed in a large cutout area on floor level-a throw back to the 1990’s). We had some parameters to work with, such as an existing window (behind the tv), which did not allow for me to build upward with the fireplace finish. We needed to work with existing flooring footprint and hearth area, as we didn’t want to change out all the flooring. We also wanted to tie this into the kitchen, which was remodeled eight years earlier. I opted for having the cabinet built around the fireplace, and mixed it up a bit with drawers on one side, and cabinets on the other. I also added a black metal grating to the doors for interest, and texture, and to break up the black. We added a black textured granite to tie into the kitchen. Believe it or not, this design took me about two years to come up with. We re-tiled the hearth, added new couches, and the family agrees, it met our needs and wants. We practically live in this room! We decided to also do our small powder room adjacent to the family room. We wrapped the porcelain tile on the wall (same tile as the hearth) and the same custom cabinet and quartz in black to achieve continuity. Photo credit: Jeff Krewson