measured from photographs · dimensions approximate · verify on site
existing proposed
tap a pattern — the plan lights up where it lives, notes appear below
Plan — from the Polycam scan · 6.34 × 3.41 m, nook end 2.97 m deep · west up
Choose a pattern above
Every numbered pin on the plan is one of Alexander's patterns applied to a real spot in your kitchen — the swag pendant over the table, the open-shelf cabinet by the sink window, the window seat at the end of the bench. Tap through them.
explorations — tap one and its drawing unfolds below; tap again to put it away
West wall — the working run (sink, shelves, afternoon counter)
West wall, nook end — window behind the banquette, swag pendant, corner lamp
The mini-hutch — one bay, fully dressed
The mini-hutch · weekend-to-two-days scope · complete in itself
Doors off the upper cabinet west of the sink window — hinge mortises filled, holes patched, face frame sanded and refinished so no hardware ghosts remain.
Shelf fronts thickened with a 1.5–2" wood face strip, glued and pinned — the single detail that makes exposed shelves read as deliberate.
Back of the bay paneled (beadboard) or limewashed; interior painted October Mist so the bay glows against the dark oak.
Soffit face above this bay wrapped in wood — the little roof that turns the bay into a hutch. Rest of the soffit painted Kittery Point Green.
Warm LED strip (2700K or lower, dimmable) surface-mounted to the soffit underside at its front edge — surface-mounted only, so it can remount onto wood if the dresser wall is ever built. Wire stubbed with generous slack.
Stock with weekly things only: everyday mugs, glasses, the jam jar, kid bowls.
Alongside: the room paint (walls October Mist, soffit band Kittery Point Green).
The dresser wall — the whole run as one built-in
The dresser wall · carpenter, 1–2 days · contains the mini-hutch
The whole west run becomes one tall piece of furniture — closed base, open middle, solid wood cap: a kitchen dresser the length of the wall.
Over the sink window: decide by the gap. 4–6"+ between window frame and soffit — clad it as a simple flush valance bridging the window. Tight gap — stop the wood at the cabinets and let the green paint carry the window stretch; the window's light outranks the wood's continuity.
Small crown at the ceiling line and a band molding at the cabinet-top joint — the two trim lines that sell the hutch illusion.
The LED strip mounts (or remounts) onto the new wood; an electrician formalizes the wiring while the carpenter is there. If clad over the window, the strip continues there as the sink's night task light.
Contains the mini-hutch whole: build the one bay first and let the wall grow outward from it, or go straight to the full run — nothing is done twice either way.