A 1960s apartment in downtown Santiago was redesigned to feel calmer and more oasis-like. The kitchen’s vintage cabinets were kept because they were made of good wood, but the upper cabinets were raised by 12 inches. The cabinets were primed and painted white to replace darker brown tones. Door surfaces that were previously yellow were painted white first, then finished with a slightly ash turquoise color. A professional built a new cabinet to conceal the dishwasher and sourced matching cabinet handles. The space was brightened with a white subway tile backsplash and patterned white-and-gray floors inspired by a high-end Chilean craft brand, with materials sourced from Cordillera.
"“This apartment is downtown, in the center of the city of Santiago, which is very noisy and hectic,” she explains. She created a more calming vibe through paint and tile."
"“I fell in love with the kitchen because of its cabinets,” she says. “I saw a lot of potential in them as they are made of good wood.” She kept the original cabinets but raised the upper cabinets by 12 inches, then primed and painted them white for a modern refresh from the brown shades before."
"“For the doors -which were already painted in yellow, so we had to paint white first - I used a slightly ash turquoise color from Behr,” Margarita says. She loves how airy and calm the new color scheme is."
"“He was the best!” she recalls. “He went to five different hardware stores in the city looking for the same cabinet handles, and he found them!” Adding to the new, bright space are the white subway tile backsplash and the patterned white and gray floors."
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