kitchen

Kitchen featuring custom sustainable joinery by The Nest, recycled brick wall with no VOC paint, and photography by Brooke Holm (represented by Modern Times).

White oak paneling imbues uniformity and warmth into the hallway, kitchen, and living spaces.

Cabinet drawer front detail

A door frame was preserved as "a sculptural memory piece," Sara Imhoff says, after a wall separating the old kitchen from a small dining room was demolished. The countertops and backsplash are by Caesarstone.

Photo by Lisa Cohen, Design by Robson Rak Architects

Weinstein and partner Eric Hensley at the stainless steel work table in the kitchen. The table, pantry doors, and sink backsplash are all made from simple wood forms the architects had wrapped by a metal fabricator—something anyone can do.

A Mirror Ball pendant by Tom Dixon hovers over the kitchen counter.

The new open kitchen features maple, quartz, steel + concrete finishes, as well as a custom slatted maple and plywood island.

In the kitchen, Dedo stools by Simone Simonelli for Miniforms pull underneath a poured-in-place concrete countertop.

The residents have a particularly strong sense of color and love to cook with their son, so no-fuss finishes likes these blue tiles from Heath Ceramics were an ideal choice. The tiles combine with colorful tableware and custom walnut cabinetry to make a vibrant inteiror.

The kitchen is a vibrant deep blue. "It's the same color Le Corbusier used in the corridor of his Villa Savoye in Poissy," Van Everbroeck reports.

âI always design kitchens that allow people to work with lots of space for friends to stand without being in the way,â says Oreck. âSince Alise deals with food so much as a stylist, it helps to have the kitchen open so she can stay connected with friends and family while sheâs working.â The cabinets are Baltic birch; the backsplash is made from statuary marble. Above the Wolf range is a vent custom made by the architect, who also installed track lighting that can be directed as needed.

Albers Barstools designed by Aaron Poritz #barstool #handmade

Kitchen Confidential Kiely and architect Maxim Laroussi designed the kitchen unit. “I originally didn’t want an island, but I liked what we did because it feels like a piece of furniture. It’s cozy to cook around,” Kiely says. Panels of orange and olive Formica accent the 1950s-inspired piece, which houses a cooktop by Smeg. A checkerboard of closed cabinets and open shelves offers storage against the far wall for Kiely’s collection of dishes, knickknacks, cookbooks, and small appliances, like the KitchenAid stand mixer and radio by Vita Audio. The floor is green Marmoleum, selected because it feels warm underfoot. Kiely’s own Stem dish towels and ceramic storage jars add more lively color to the room.

Owners Kirsten and Lloyd chose a muted mosaic tile from Modwalls to cover the backsplash and back wall of the kitchen; small mosaic tile, especially when it is off-the-shelf, can be a very budget-friendly backsplash option. New cork floors from House + Earth give a nice feel underfoot. Perforated chrome lights from Rejuvenation under the bar soffit enhance the midcentury vibe.

Nadarajah decided to put windows where a backsplash might go in order to bring extra light into the kitchen. "The birch cabinets were custom-designed to be the length of a wok and the height of a cake dome," she says.