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when we first met them. So we showed them some kind of basic kitchen plans with a window into the family room, then a little bit of a bigger window. And then as we became more involved with them, it began to be clear they wanted to open up the whole thing. It was not clear at the beginning they wanted to go that extreme." From there, it was on to the style and look of the space, and how it functioned with the family room. Part of the scope of work also included a new refrigerated wine room that was to take the place of a closet off the family room. DEFINING UBER MODERN Because uber modern is certainly in the eye of the behold- er, Stern and Carlson accompanied the couple to several cabinet showrooms 40 minutes north in San Francisco. At the Poggenpohl showroom they fell in love with and selected the white lacquer cabinets they chose for their island. ey subsequently also used Poggenpohl for the shelving and storage space replacing the old bookshelves. Before After e Poggenpohl showroom also offered two show-stop- ping ideas that also found their way into the final kitchen. First, there was an enormous, bright red backsplash. It had previously been suggested and dismissed, says Carlson, but when they saw it in person, it clicked. e second item was a glass drawer that the cabinetmaker offered. In the showroom, a single drawer was displayed. But knowing their clients really liked them, Carlson and Stern specified a cluster of four transparent drawers for one end of the massive 15-foot island. "We took a standard item, and we customized it," Carlson notes. Yes, that would certainly qualify as uber modern. Supporting a very thick countertop above the glass drawers did qualify as "tricky" for project manager Marshall, who says Poggenpohl was "concerned" that the idea would be difficult to safely execute. In the end, the German cabinetmaker helped fashion a support solution for the thick and heavy countertop above. ey repur- posed some x-bracing elements and configured them Above: A cluster of four transparent drawers proved "tricky," so Poggenpohl helped fashion a support system for the very thick countertop of the island. Floor plans: The floor in the kitchen was raised, stairs were relocated and bookshelves were removed to make way for a larger connection to the great room. QualifiedRemodeler.com QR January 2017 25