Open-Plan Kitchen Renovation in Hudson

A working kitchen, dining banquette and living space brought into one room — in soft blue, white oak and brass.

This project is a full open concept kitchen renovation in Hudson, Québec, opened up to take in the dining and living areas as a single room. The brief was a kitchen that could handle a busy family and still feel calm at the end of the day.

The layout came first. A custom kitchen island in white oak anchors the room, seating four without crowding the walkway to the back doors, and the run along the window keeps sink, range and prep within a few steps of each other. A built-in kitchen banquette replaced a separate dining room, so meals happen where the cooking does.

Custom kitchen cabinets run throughout — blue shaker doors in a soft slate tone, glass-fronted uppers either side of the hood, and open shelving flanking the banquette. White oak returns on the island, the coffee station and the cane-fronted desk nook, warming the blue. Quartz counters with soft veining, full-height white subway tile, brass hardware and fittings, and retro-style appliances in cream and brass finish the room.