Slab-Fab-Studio’s Latest Kitchen Project

Slab-Fab-Studio has been at it again!
This time it is in a charming 1920’s-30’s cottage in West Asheville, NC.
Our client Anne Dupree Rodgers is an out doorsy type and avid kayaker.
With her fondness for the river, we wanted AD’s concrete counters to have a earthy, organic, river stone kind of feel.
We (Jim Ojamaa and I ) made up some concrete samples, trying to pick up a twinge of walnut color of AD’s newly refinished dark walnut floor.
We lightly honed all the concrete countertop slab surfaces with a 400 grit diamond pad, by hand, to bring out some delicate sand texture.
This makes the slabs feel more smooth stone like, as if they were honed by thousands of years of the river lapping at them.

Slab-Fab-Studio also installed the subway tile back splashes to compliment the concrete counters.
Anne Dupree chose a matte antique subway tile to integrate the antique charm of her house back into her stainless appliances, concrete counters, and undermount stainless sink.
Anne Dupree had Shane Martin, our local Asheville cabinet maker wunderkind, create her cabinetry.
She chose a simple shaker design, and had Shane paint them with a mildly antique off white acrylic lacquer.
It is great to have a fantastic start to a kitchen project, like Shane’s excellent cabinetry work, to help make Slab-Fab-Studio’s concrete counters look even better!