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hidden Sub Zero refrigerator with tung and groove pine panels

Refrigeration in Disguise II

Integrated appliances can be designed to fade away or steal the show. It’s an appliance needed by all and hated by many – especially me.  Given a do-over, I would either hide our side-by-side in the walk-in pantry or buy a different appliance so it could appear more furniture-like in our open floor plan.  A [...]

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Tuscan kitchen with terracotta tile and fitted cabinets

Modern Tuscan Kitchen

Rural kitchens in Tuscany are often makeshift and unfitted. This one, with fitted cabinets enclosing the refrigerator and along the stove wall, would be considered “American style.” Still, it is in Italy where open storage areas in the bottom cabinets are as common as open shelves (instead of upper cabinets) on the range wall. Large [...]

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