Lafleur Cabinets
The seasoned expert at visualizing concepts and translating them into exquisite expressions of culinary form and function, Lafleur Cabinets once again captures the heart of the home.
“We love what we do and take pride in re-creating old world craftsmanship,” admits Leona Beisel, an essential member of this family business that has excelled in well-crafted quality, custom design, and customer service for over 40 years. “All of our cabinets are made right here in Grande Prairie,” she adds, servicing the needs of Northern Alberta and excelling in a variety styles that includes modern, farmhouse, and in this case, a rustic interpretation that hosts a chalet or ski lodge atmosphere.
Nestled just outside of Grande Prairie, this large-scale timber frame residence was constructed by reputable custom homebuilder, Stonebuilt Homes. “The client has a large family and desired a home that would unify everyone in the kitchen where one can sit on both sides of the twenty-foot-long island,” explains Leona, noting that the adjacent workstation provides convenience and family function.
Equipped with a full butler’s pantry to facilitate a desire to cook and entertain at home, the gourmet-style kitchen can amply accommodate a full roster of kitchen helpers and consultants. Displaying an eye-catching collection of distressed alder cabinets with matte black pulls, metal posts and brackets enhance the ensemble throughout the design. “We included several recycling centres and spice pullouts and basically made sure that everything had its own place,” shares Leona.
Rich natural stone aligns the stove, supporting a fir beam mantle amidst Cambria quartz on the island and perimeter countertops of Rugged Concrete by Caesarstone with a chiseled-edge finish. Contributing to this warm setting, dropped pendant lights above the Silver Maple clad island hosts a vintage finish that is anchored to a tongue-and-groove fir ceiling with handsome beam details.
“Currently, there is a trend towards Modern Farmhouse and Rustic-Industrial looks much like this one,” suggests Leona with Lafleur Cabinets capturing more colour, matte finishes, texture, and storage, minimizing dead space. “We have been in the industry for 44 years and every cabinet is built from scratch,” she asserts, musing, “Our original motto was ‘if you can dream it we can build it’ and it still stands true today.”