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Chef's kitchen serves up fine design

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This retired couple's kitchen is now a reality, thanks to a facelift that breathed new life into the room's dated finishes.

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The family's kitchen had good bones, including a functional U-shaped configuration and an island work top seen here before the remodeling project. Therefore, the redesign was more about rejuvenating than renovating.

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As the owner of the best roti shop in town, Miranda knows her way around a kitchen. Her restaurant work zone is functional and equipped; but now that she's retiring, she wants to update the 20-year-old kitchen in the home she shares with her husband, Herman.