Great Kitchen Bar Top!

Contemporary Kitchen design by Santa Barbara Interior Designer Lori Smyth Design

Great Kitchen! White Top above bar area for additional bar top area and more legroom is a great idea. Bar stools are incredibly sexy, inviting and contemporary!

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Kitchen Recessed and Pendant lights-BEFORE & AFTER

Check out the finished product for some pendant and recessed lights in the kitchen.  Here are some pictures of before and after:

AFTER:

BEFORE:

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Installing Ceiling Recessed Lighting-BEFORE

Here's some pictures to see the installation process of installing ceiling recessed lighting for some overhead lights.  We designed for these lights to be installed in the bathroom and the bedroom.  Here are some pictures of the work in progress: 

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FIRE PIT- Contemporary Design (Gas Powered)

Just for kicks and to test out my design abilities, I decided to build a gas fire pit in the backyard.  The one you are looking at below is molded as part of the cement in the center of the patio.  Then I had the Sheet Metal Guy custom fabricate the stainless steel insert where the fire burner will sit.  The crushed glass is poured on top of the burners to hide the burner pipes and accent the fire pit.  The rectangular fire pit measures about 4feet wide x 6feet long x 1.5 feet high so it's a pretty big center piece.  You can use it as a fire pit or converted as a table.  As it sits, the side edges around the sheet metal pan measure about 1.5 Feet wide so there's plenty of room for guests to put drinks, kick up their legs or even a plate if they wanted to.  It's a very contemporary design that gives an "awe factor" to an otherwise traditional cement-slab patio.

Finished Product:

Firepit with Dark Blue Crush Glass- Very Sexy look!

What it looked like before:

Sheet Metal Guy taking measurements to fabricate Metal Pan

Installation of Custom Fabricated Sheet Metal Pan:

This is the H-Burner in the Pan that we are trying to duplicate.  

Crushed Fire Glass (Choices, choices, choices):

Final Look (Without the fire yet):

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

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Outdoor Gas Fire Pit (Sheet Metal Pan Top Fabrication)

So I had this great idea to build an outdoor gas fire pit; which really is not that difficult, per se, but it's turning out to be a little challenging because I wanted to push the envelope and make it part of the same mold as the concrete patio in the backyard.  Furthermore, I wanted to build in a remote starter with it and hook it right into the gas line of the house, so it's going to be a little more difficult.  I've had the concrete patio built for a little over 3 months.  Now, everytime guests come over, they always ask what the empty concrete cement pit in the middle of the patio is going to be.  When I tell them it's going to be a fire pit, they almost always look at me like I am crazy since it's difficult for me to explain the vision I have in my head to them.  Some have even suggested that the empty pit would be a great garbage can (actually a practical suggestion since there's really nothing there.

Well, I am tired of the explaining and the wait, so I am just going to finish up so everyone can see what the heck I am talking about.  The delay was partly due to the fact that the electrician/plumber I originally hired to do the electrical and the gas for the fire pit dropped the ball on me so I have to find another electrician/plumber that will be able to do it.

First, I have to have my Sheet Metal guy custom fabricate a stainless top to fit right on top where the H-Burner pipes and the broken glass will go to create the look of a nice fire pit.  I am hoping to make it look something like this:

Contemporary Landscape design by: 

San Luis Obispo Landscape Architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

Here's another picture and angle of what the fire pit will look like:

Contemporary Landscape design by:
 San Luis Obispo Landscape Architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

This is the Sheet Metal Pan that needs to be Custom Fabricated to Fit specifically on top of the current Fire Pit:

This Will be the H-Burner that will sit on top of the pan that I will be hooking up to the Gas Supply:

Here are some pictures of the Sheet Metal Guy taking the exact measurements in order to Custom Fabricate A sheet metal pan to pan fit right on top of the Fire Pit.  Here's a close up of what The Fire Pit Currently looks like:

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

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