Collection by Allie Weiss
Kitchens with Colorful Appliances: Yea or Nay?
Would you go for an out-of-the-box palette for your major appliances? See how these kitchens tackle the trend.
By eliminating walls and incorporating a series of interior gardens, architect José Roberto Paredes creates an eclectic and inspired El Salvador beach house. In the kitchen, rough-hewn materials like a eucalyptus-log-and-thatch roof offset the monolithic concrete island and glossy subway tile backsplash. Claudia & Harry Washington built the vivid wooden sliding walls, which are inspired by the palm leaves that change color and create diagonal patterns in trees near the house. The bar stools were a street market discovery.
Bolander strikes again in this house on the Venice canals in California. "This kitchen cabinets are finished with flat lacquer as none of the laminate colors worked with the house’s color/material palette and the client had a bit of an aversion to laminate," he says. "The countertops are a material that is used for science lab tops. Very durable and a great solidity but frankly not very forgiving to work with."