These Cabinets Slide, Unfold, and Open to Conquer Kitchen Clutter

In Chapel Hill, a renovated kitchen takes painterly cues from Piet Mondrian.

In the mid 1990s, Darren Selement visited an exhibition of artist Piet Mondrian’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City—an experience that has had a lasting influence on the musician, writer, and graphic designer. Consider it the Mondrian effect: "It was about how he went from a Cubist period, to a period of trees," says Darren, "to inevitably blocking off everything in colors."

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J. Michael Welton
J. Michael Welton is architecture critic for the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. His work has appeared in national and international publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Metropolis, Interior Design,...

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