Custom Walnut Countertop in a kitchen designed by Deborah Dyste of Souris River Designs

Aug 18, 2014

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Our Custom Wood Countertops Blog features the industry’s most talented and innovative designers throughout the United States and abroad. This featured kitchen includes a Custom Walnut Countertop designed by Deborah Dyste of Souris River Designs.

Custom Walnut Wood Countertop in a kitchen designed by Deborah Dyste

Debroah Dyste of Souris River Designs

About the Designer: Deborah Dyste is the recipient of five ASID Design Excellence Awards for kitchen and bath design and historic preservation/adaptive use. Aside from the weather, returning to her home town of Minot, North Dakota, after twenty-five-years as the owner of her residential-design firm in Atlanta, was not as much of an adjustment as she thought it would be. “Interior design provides opportunities to have dynamic relationships with clients while suggesting solutions for their three-dimensional puzzles. Every client is unique and every puzzle presents different challenges. This project is a perfect example. How many clients require bar seating for eight?”

Clients say it best! “We recently had Deborah Dyste and Souris River Designs do some significant kitchen and bathroom remodeling for us. With Deborah’s design expertise and ability to view “the possible” we were able to turn an outdated cramped kitchen into a space that is easy and fun to cook in, and works great for entertaining our friends and family. She also was able to find a way to translate a master bath in need of serious work into an extremely convenient laundry/walk in closet and bathroom suite. Throughout the design process Deborah was very attentive to our tastes and what we wanted, and was always able to offer a range of good options for us to choose from. During the construction phase we really appreciated having Deborah as our “go to” person for coordinating schedules with builders, plumbers, and electricians. She was always very accommodating and easy to work with, and truly seems to love what she does.” (Tom and Barb Groutt, Minot, ND)

A Tip from Deborah: Lighting can elevate a good design to a brilliant design! The possibilities with LED are limitless. ‘Don’t scrimp on the electrical for two reasons: safety and it’s more expensive to add it later.

Custom Walnut Countertop by Deborah Dyste

Custom Walnut Countertop designed by Deborah Dyste of Souris River Designs

 Design Details

Cabinet Manufacturer: Dura Supreme – Lynden Panel – Cherry with Peppercorn Finish  for the ‘L’ and desk plus Moda Vertical, Cherry, Cashew Finish for the island

Cabinet Hardware: HDL – Key Largo – Oil-Rubbed-Bronze

Painting above desk –  by Walt Piehl, entitled Weatherly  Square Skirt with Coloring Book:  Cowboy Stuff.

Flooring: Columbia Flooring – Walnut

Countertops: Island – Grothouse – Custom Walnut Countertop

Kitchen ‘L’ – Caesarstone – Mocha

Faucet: Delta – Trinsic – Champagne Bronze

Sink: Elkay – E-granite – Brown

Backsplash: DAL Tile – Urban Metals

Wall Color: Benjamin Moore – Bennington Gray, HC82

Stove: Kitchen Aid

Dishwasher: Kitchen Aid

Other Appliances: All Kitchen Aid except for the Sharp microwave drawer.

Electrical: Task Lighting

Additional Comments and Advice: Provide your interior designer with visuals of spaces in which you think you could live comfortably. Be prepared to answer many questions. Then, utilize your designer’s skills and experience as an editor to tailor what you like to your space and budget.

Photography: Jennifer Kraft 

Walnut Wood Countertop with Sink designed by Deborah Dyste

Walnut Wood Countertop with Trivets and an Undermount Sink designed by Deborah Dyste

Walnut Kitchen Island Countertop by Deborah Dyste

Walnut Kitchen Island Countertop designed by Deborah Dyste

Space designed by Deborah Dyste

Desk in a kitchen designed by Deborah Dyste

How to contact the designer of this Custom Walnut Wood Countertop and kitchen:
Deborah Dyste, ASID
Registered Interior Designer
Souris River Designs
405 Railway Ave., NE ,
Minot, North Dakota,
United States, 58703
deborah@sourisriverdesigns.com
(701) 852-7605
http://www.sourisriverdesigns.com/
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