Kitchen and Dining

High ceilings in the living and dining area make room for a clerestory.

The kitchen ceiling is lower than in the rest of the living area, lending the space a cozy, intimate feel. The countertop is Crema Pisa by Purastone and the stools are by Taller A Prima.

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

The beams were part of the original structure of the home. Ceilings are quite tall—10 feet or higher.

Sophie operates the espresso machine in the open kitchen.

Vipp’s anodized aluminum V3 kitchen sits below a skylight.

Wall shelving is made of wood salvaged from other parts of the house.

Matthew previously fabricated custom furniture for a decade, so built all of the kitchen cabinets, banquette and table, and island. The latter is made of a 120-year-old beam from the house that had to be replaced. Matthew counted the rings and surmises it was from a tree that started growing before the American Revolution. The perimeter counters are cherry and Butcher designed the upper cabinet to float over the window, which casts sunlight through the glassware and rainbows over the room.

In addition to installing soapstone counters and a butcher block island, Bottenfield built a banquette in the corner that expands the seating capacity. Chappell found the table and chairs on Facebook Marketplace.

Most of the renovation’s budget went to the kitchen, which was fabricated by 360 Kitchen. The base cabinetry is finished in Richlite, a paper composite with a warm feel; the upper cabinets are done up in Shinnoki’s Milk Oak; the sink fixture is Dornbracht; and the induction cooktop, refrigerator, and oven are Fisher & Paykel. For more counter space, Graci designed two peninsulas that extend from the wall. She followed the proportions of the arched living room windows to make the space feel more cohesive.

The open kitchen is the heart of the home—there is no living room. The island was designed by Wook Choi.

The existing kitchen was tiny, so Patricia converted it and a small bedroom into a library. She saved the original chimney, as well as the woodburning oven and hot plate, and relocated them to the new, larger kitchen. “Everything I repurposed had to have a function,” she explains.

Rob hired his friend, Jacksonville, Florida, neon sign maker Toby Norris, to bend the glass for a clock he designed in 1999 for the cafeteria of his St. Augustine screen printing business, Screen Arts. Now it hangs on the kitchen wall.

A temporary stay in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, became permanent when photographer Camila Cossio and architect Luis Carbonell decided to forgo city living and build a family home for themselves and their two young daughters in the laid-back retreat.