Project Case Study Spotlight on creative, problem-solving kitchens and baths
Edwardian-Style Flat
and overall aesthetic while his
By Andrea Girolamo client designed his own storage and
SAN FRANCISCO, CA— constructed the cabinetry.
S
ometimes immovable No structural changes or
boundaries give rise to the footprint expansion was done on the
most clever designs. Created space. The remodel took place over
by Mark A. Hermogeno, six weeks, says Hermogeno. “The
principal designer and owner of fairly quick design-build process was
San Francisco-based Hermogeno due to our inability to expand the
Designs, this 1920s-era flat belongs space” because of the apartment’s
to the cabinetmaker with whom existing structure, he says.
Hermogeno frequently works. “Since only very minor work
Designer Mark
When he and his wife decided like floor replacement and minimal
Hermogeno’s biggest
challenge was to take
to remodel their kitchen, they electrical work had been performed
the 128-sq.-ft. space contacted Hermogeno to create in the home’s 80-year history, we
into the 21st century, an updated style whose details had to strip the space down to the
providing adequate would pay homage to the original studs and start from a blank slate,”
storage while being Edwardian style while maintaining says the designer. This included
mindful of the period a footprint that could not physically changing out plaster for drywall,
designs in the rest of be expanded. adding new gas lines and replacing
the apartment.
“The challenge was to come up a small window over the sink.
with an overall design that could “One major addition we made
coordinate and respect the home’s was the installation of a dishwasher,
architecture, while fulfilling the which the clients were happy to see
modern living needs that weren’t after living without one for the five
being met by the old design,” years they had lived in the home,”
Hermogeno says. Hermogeno adds.
“Their guidelines and requests
PERIOD PIECES were simple,” he continues. “Keep
Nicknamed the ‘Updated the footprint the same, maintain
Edwardian’ by the designer, the the plumbed locations, add the
style of the kitchen and apartment dishwasher, maximize storage,
overall is actually a mix of early respect the home’s architecture,