{"id":150128,"date":"2016-05-25T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=150128"},"modified":"2016-05-25T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T20:35:01","slug":"condo-kitchen-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/condo-kitchen-makeover","title":{"rendered":"This condo kitchen makeover is fit for a chef"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGkAl7wEJWc\" width=\"660\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interior designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melissadavis.com\/\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa Davis<\/a> and chef <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chefmikeward.com\/#master\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Ward<\/a> have been friends for years. Often a guest at his dinner parties, Melissa knew she could make his small condo kitchen more efficient. As the Food Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Living Magazine, Mike regularly shoots photos and videos of his dishes, and he was craving a background more appetizing than dated, maple cabinets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Melissa set to work on a kitchen makeover that would increase functionality and style. Check out our latest BuzzBuzzHome Tour to see how it all came together.<\/p>\n<p><i>Video and photography: James Bombales<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Producer and editor: Kelsey Pudloski<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kitchen-makeover-living-area-min.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[150128]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kitchen-makeover-living-area-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen makeover living area-min\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kitchen-makeover-counters-min.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[150128]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kitchen-makeover-counters-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen makeover counters-min\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kitchen-makeover-shelves-min.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[150128]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kitchen-makeover-shelves-min-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen makeover shelves-min\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Mike Ward regularly shoots photos and videos of his dishes, and he was craving a background more appetizing than dated, maple cabinets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":150153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8647,8650],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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