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Take: Disney-Inspired Details Animate a Pennsylvania Home

These curvy and large columns and whimsical cabinets are not something you see every day, because the homeowners discovered inspiration in an unlikely source: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and other tales. After a visit to the Disney studios in Orlando, Florida, they arrived back to Pennsylvania ready to add offbeat fairy tale details to their house. They enlisted Mullet Cabinet to help design and construct oversize custom cabinets, tables and columns that are far from regular.

in a Glance
Who lives here: A household with 6 children
Location: Hermitage, Pennsylvania

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Oversize weight-bearing columns stand out while delineating a walkway between the dining room room/kitchen and the living room. The foundations are 2 feet long and broad, and the widest aspect of this curved classical balustrade contour is 22 inches in diameter.

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A household of eight demands a big dining room table; this one measures 60 by 126 inches and is 30 inches high. Among the largest challenges of this project was getting the leg designs just right, since they are solid wood and very irregular in shape.

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“Each part of the project was completely custom, and meetings with our technology department were a must to work out all the details of how to make it work,” says kitchen designer Steve Monroe.

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“There is nothing conventional about this space,” Monroe says. The custom kitchen cabinets have the expression of freestanding furniture, with arched details.

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The island is 42 by 102 inches and contains a microwave, dishwasher and sink. A custom box with a fitting finish disguises the pipes.

The chandelier overhead has the whimsical style of a princess’ crown.

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Beautiful quartzite countertops with swirls of brassy golds select up on the chandelier’s metallic end.

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Mullet Cabinets’ color stylist, Lamar Troyer, mixed the colors in house and heavily distressed each the cabinetry. It takes a lot of effort to make new cabinets look that worn. The procedure involved an 18‐step multilayered end, which shows through to the wood in areas. A last topcoat will protect them for life.

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The cabinets’ feet repeat the exaggerated curved shapes found on the dining table and the columns, highlighting the appearance of freestanding furniture.

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Particular details extend to the custom valances at the peak of the cabinets.

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Inspired by Wardrobe, a character from Beauty and the Beast, these custom armoires alongside an entry have large character.

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Another custom valance at the peak of this armoires adds unique whimsy.

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