Counterweights Drum pendant lamp by George Kovaks from Lumens hangs above a Docksta table from Ikea.

A departure from the mod-meets-baroque dining room, Turin’s breakfast area is far more sedate. She and her daughter, Helena, have a chat at a Progetto 1 table by Monica Armani for B&B Italia surrounded by four Lia chairs by Roberto Barbieri for Zanotta. The painting behind Helena is by Ricci Albenda.

breakfast nook/homework station

Kitchen and Breakfast Nook, Elegant East Sacramento Residence by Jill Dudensing Lifestyle + Design

Breakfast Bar & Kitchen, Martis Camp Residence by Jill Dudensing Lifestyle + Design

The cabinets are by Kountry Kraft. The Indio sink by Kohler has a built-in walnut cutting board, and the faucet is by Gessi.

The kitchen is also connected to the front yard, with windows off of the built-in breakfast nook. The breakfast nook offers a casual place to eat, work, or play - while still engaged with what is happening in the kitchen.

Breakfast in bed? You betcha! Brighten up a petit déjeuner with these 12 colorful serving tray options.

Fruit, fruit endless fruit for breakfast.

Jill prepares breakfast in the custom kitchen, which features a Roman travertine-topped work island.

Great Room, Martis Camp Residence by Jill Dudensing Lifestyle + Design

Let’s All Go and Have Breakfast by Teo Zirinis, from $16 for a 10 x 8 inch print.

Sarti is only too happy to demonstrate one of his favorite inventions: a mobile kitchen-supply box/cocktail station/breakfast bar with casters that hides beneath the stairs.

The breakfast buffet was one of the nicest I've seen—quite a spread.

Tubular steel Paperclip stools from Kinetics, whose sculptural forms were inspired by their eponymous office accessory, stand next to the kitchen island.

Two passthrough in the kitchen open to the living room and breakfast nook.

Here's that perfectly-framed sliver of a view from my table over breakfast.

The 510 Cabin is one of Leggitt's designs, executed with the help of student apprentices.

A cozy breakfast nook at the front of the house gets a glimmer of soft morning light.

With walls of glass on two sides, being in the breakfast nook feels almost like being outside.

At sunrise, light bounces off the rammed earth wall, imbuing the kitchen with a warm, orange glow at breakfast.

A look at the breakfast nook. The Lunar Lander can comfortably entertain up to four people.

The kitchen is fitted with sleek metal hardware, high-gloss white cabinetry, and a spacious kitchen island that doubles as a breakfast counter.

At breakfast, Arthur multitasks while seated at the dining table. He hand-stenciled the pattern on the wall in the background.

Alex enjoys a sun-filled breakfast at the built-in dining table and bench, one of many space-saving designs.

The modern breakfast area also serves as a mudroom with plenty of shoe storage under the window seat.

Ray sits at the central hearth on the north end of the comfortable sunken living area. From this perspective, you can see how the interior spaces flow into one another, passing one half-level up into the breakfast nook and kitchen and out from there onto the overgrown hillside. The various built-in furnishings have all been there since the house's construction.

Until Hindman and Carr moved in, the space had never been a home. Carr cooks every day, so the compact kitchen was a natural starting point for the renovation. It features an industrial curving steel counter, which also functions as a breakfast bar. The Scrap stools are by contemporary Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek.

The Edward Bed & Breakfast provides breakfast for cabin campers.

Custom white oak cabinetry defines the open plan kitchen, which also features a stone-topped island and breakfast nook, where Ricks and his family spend much of their time.

The cover of Murakami Versailles.

Oskar and Karl, 12 and 9, share breakfast at their family’s summer getaway in Sweden. The table is from ILVA, and the CH36 chairs by Hans Wegner are from Carl Hansen & Søn.

Sunflowers from her front yard and fresh produce add more color to the original turquoise kitchen, which includes an antique chair and breakfast table, mementos from her first apartment in New York.

Pendant by Matthew Fairbank Design.

Clock by Ding3000 for Discipline.

The structure of the coop was inspired by the new bus shelters and newsstands in New York City.