Kitchen

When Ana’s design team at Fala Atelier first proposed blocky kitchen cabinets with dramatic stripes, Ana hesitated. “I thought it would be too much,” she says. “But it’s not. It is incredible, and it is very elegant.” Fala’s Filipe Magalhães says the plays of scale and direction in the house’s patterns make the modest spaces feel grander and create a visual rhythm.

The kitchen acts as the family hub, its multicolored surfaces anchored by a black tile backsplash, sprinkled with dots of uncolored, earth-toned tile.

The countertop is a custom Concrete Collaborative terrazzo, and the colored flecks nod to the wall tiles.

“For the first six months we lived here, I would force Ryan to drag a chair into the kitchen to sit with me while I cooked so I wouldn’t be lonely,” says Rory. In the new layout, the kitchen an dliving room are integrated seamlessly.

Custom cement tile from Villa Lagoon Tile now covers the kitchen backsplash.

The solid support wall was swapped out for a wood slat wall. Dunn Edwards “Revival Rose,” an update on the terracotta color, was used to define the kitchen from the rest of the home.

In another reference to the Mediterranean climate, broad yellow stripes in the dining area “give the feeling of a sunbathed dining experience,” Kiki says. The table is from Ikea, and the blue Tip Ton chairs are from Vitra. A mirror from Kiki’s U+II collection hangs on the wall.

Be bold with colors, and turn your kitchen into a work of art with cabinet doors of different shades of color. In this East Tennessee home, laminate kitchen cabinets in three shades of blue and Glacier White Corian top completes a fun and modern composition.

A handmade Fireclay backsplash resembles turntables as a nod to the couple’s love of music.

The former laundry space was refashioned into a windowside booth, its built-in shelves, walls and ceilings painted red. It's become popular with kids and visitors.

The kitchen layout was reconfigured so that the focus is on the view—the wall of windows, which look out on the ocean, is now underscored by one long, uncluttered counter. There, the faucet is Delta and the dishwasher is Bosch. The range stayed in nearly the same spot, and the opposite wall has been thickened with storage and the refrigerator column. Both the refrigerator and range are by Bertazzoni.

The counter and backsplash are made up of a marble slab leftover from a bigger job.