Dining Room

The dining room, with its minimalist furniture and white cabinetry with hidden hardware, features a "secret

“I often sit here with a cup of tea or coffee and the newspaper. There's a nice bakery just around the corner, so I sometimes buy fresh bread in the mornings. I like to sit here and read a book too - I read quite a lot,

The new dining area, just off the kitchen, was designed around a lamp that Peter brought back from Japan.

Removing a wall between the kitchen and the dining room helped open up both spaces. Legge and Amanda decided to add scalloped ceilings to the dining room and kitchen in a nod to the scalloped details found elsewhere in the home.

The kitchen now has an island with the sink, to create more work surface for Kwame and Tamara. A Bertazzoni stove has a Wolf hood.

The dropped ceiling conceals mechanical systems and defines the dining room area, drawing the eye to the fabric chandelier by Pinch, and BDDW bronze trestle table with bleached maple top. The table is surrounded by Soft Edge 60 Chairs by HAY.

The white cabinets are from Ikea, topped with ABC Stone Afyon White, honed. Artwork by Kristin Texeira sits atop.

The extendable dining table is custom designed by Sugarhouse and fabricated by Elwood Design Co. The chairs are vintage Egon Eiermann purchased from Morentz Gallery, and the over table lights are Bert Frank.

Now at the center of the home, the kitchen blends Victorian moldings and a parquet floor with soapstone countertops and streamlined custom cabinetry painted in Clunch from Farrow & Ball.

In terms of versatility, you can’t go wrong with a classic oak table—like the 79-inch Bok Dining Table from Ethnicraft.

“I walked in and thought, this room wants to be low,” says Kirsten. Friends in Amsterdam had the same sofa. “The kids would jump all over it, and I love that kind of feeling. I wanted to bring that to our house.”

Barbara treasures every piece she’s collected with Karel—whether it’s an editioned Candida Höfer print or a tiny ceramic dog brought back from abroad. “They are very tacky, but that’s what I like,” she says.

A Nash Martinez light fixture hangs over a whitewashed ash dining table by Robert Rahm of Marrow, with a Sandra Dal Poggetto artwork between the cabinets.

After renovation, Allison enjoys more of a true great room, where people in the living area, kitchen and dining space can all connect.

A smoked glass cut-out forms a bar.