kitchen tile

The color of the BlueStar range references the dining room.

Custom cabinetry, countertops, and a dining table were crafted from salvaged wood.

The team used their office kitchen reno to explore bringing mixed materials together in a cohesive fashion.

“The home wasn’t an inexpensive house to build,” says architect Peter Tolkin. “At the same time, it doesn’t have very fancy interior finishing. We wanted to design a modern house with a certain kind of spirit, and we didn’t think that the interior materials needed to be overly fancy. The two places where we really splurged—I think to great effect—were on the tiles in the bathrooms and kitchen, and the copper cladding, which protects the house but also has a very strong visual component to it.”

The green backsplash tiles are vintage, reclaimed from another project.

A closer look at the kitchen, which is painted in a crisp white shade by Farrow & Ball.