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Former Fredericksburg-area resident designed a kitchen that will be featured on HGTV Date published: 2/3/2007
BY CATHY JETT
Fredericksburg native Jaymes Richardson was expecting sympathy when he called HGTV to say a flash flood had ruined the kitchen he was working on for one of its "New Spaces" episodes. "For me, it was a nightmare," said Richardson, co-owner of Civility Design in Chicago. "This very high-end kitchen is under way, and the family is on vacation. I had to call them at 0-dark-30 in the Caribbean." But the "New Spaces" producers sensed a dramatic moment in the making, and dispatched a camera crew to the house in time to catch the strain on Heather and Charlie Schenck's faces when they flew back to inspect the damage. "It made for great television," Richardson said. The episode, "A Kitchen Reborn," airs at 9 a.m. today on HGTV's popular "New Spaces" show. And the room, which features antler chandeliers lacquered in Heather Schenck's favorite shade of poppy, has won a Design in Excellence award from the American Society of Interior Designers. Richardson, along with business partner and designer Don Raney, got involved with the project after the Schencks bought what had once been a single-room, 1920s summer cottage retreat 30 miles from Chicago. It didn't even have heating or plumbing until the original kitchen was added in the 1950s. Today, the house sits in the midst of a wildlife preserve. The new owners, urbanites, wanted to keep their new home's cottage feel but give it an updated look. Richardson and Raney came up with an airy space with white granite countertops, a forest-green tile backsplash, an apron-front sink, modern appliances and those eye-catching, poppy-orange antler chandeliers. The green helps bring the outdoors in, as do the twin lighting fixtures. It's not uncommon, Richardson said, to see deer through the large kitchen window. He and Raney had already been hired to do the redesign when they were approached by HGTV about letting it be filmed for "New Spaces." "We had been working on another show that didn't pan out," Richardson said. "We got this second call. They said, 'We saw your design with the orange chandeliers.' I told them work was under way, and they said, 'Perfect. We need to start filming now.'" HGTV spent three months off and on capturing the transformation of the Schencks' 40-year-old kitchen with outdated appliances into an up-to-date stunner Richardson and Raney dubbed "Cottage Couture."
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