L.A. designer Kristen Buckingham (wife of Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey) built what we define as a Hollywood Family Kitchen – dramatic, glamorous, and fully loaded with a batterie of blue-chip (Wolf and Sub Zero) appliances, custom cabinetry and a comme-il-faut for the neighborhood high-prestige mix of features.
We can tick off the must-haves: pot filler-faucet, glass-door SubZero, [...]

Not long ago, finding purple paint in a house was one of those “what were they thinking?” moments – a remnant (sometimes hidden behind wallpaper) of the psychedelic Sixties and the last time violet (as the hue is properly named) was seen extensively. Though plum made a brief appearance in 2001, purples are shown frequently [...]

The amazing color of this bespoke kitchen is handled beautifully by designer Christopher Peacock. Pale gray-lavender subway tiles are fortified by the stronger lavender wall and window color, and then tied into Carrara marble counters which have an elegant ogee edge that also rims the custom marble sink. Faucets are Waterworks Aero Retro. White cabinets, [...]

We never thought we’d swoon over a kitchen with wood-tone cabinets, lavender tile and blue-violet counters. But this is one knockout babe, done up in summer florals that read from cobalt to lavender – a nod to the range of color found in hydrangeas. The 4 x 4 variegated tile range guard behind the Viking [...]