A kitchen that takes inspiration from great art.
With mimosa having been “color of the year” and catalogs with yellow décor on the covers, it’s only natural to take a closer look at the way a bright mottled yellow is used in this kitchen by designer Linda Applewhite. Usually, kitchen color is defined by cabinets. Here, the big effect comes from the use of color on the curved surfaces of the peninsula and soffit, which frame the open space. The sub-theme of the kitchen is geometry which helps explain tile colors grouted into the neutral wall, circles and cube cut outs on the chair backs, and a color-square kitchen area rug.
A band of black around the toe kick helps unify the space as if this 1921 painting by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian had been mashed and cleverly tricked out as a kitchen – which is, after all, what artistic inspiration is all about.
