In a huge red barn kitchen, crimson acts as a siren call to cook and gather around the big island. A red barn kitchen, in a huge extension to an English country home, looks like a new addition to an old house -- which it is. Until you see the exterior view it’s hard to understand that the kitchen and dining space take up a majority of the "barn," which also includes a family … [Read more...]
Brass Accent Kitchen
One way to warm up the popular cool gray and white kitchen palette is to add a warm brass accent. For the past few years, I’ve seen brass looking very fresh in the kitchen. Its as if designers turned to brass after tiring of the pale look of nickel and chrome for faucets and kitchen hardware. Seeking an alternative to the dour look of oil-rubbed bronze, the golden pop of brass … [Read more...]
Swedish Loft Kitchen
A loft kitchen, on the top floor of a 19th century apartment building in Sweden, is a dark dazzler. This small compact kitchen combines economies of space often required in apartments with dramatic dark gray walls and cabinets that help it seamlessly blend into the adjacent living space -- and enhance it. The kitchen’s palette offers no color — cabinets are plated slate gray, … [Read more...]
Red Backsplash Kitchen
This red backsplash uses glass mosaic tile between cabinets like paint -- from counters to ceiling. It’s rare to find the color red is used in a bold way to create a visual theme for a contemporary kitchen with no red cabinets. But the red backsplash in this Swedish apartment kitchen shows us how to do it impeccably. Essentially, this is a contemporary white L-shape kitchen, … [Read more...]
La Cornue W. Collection
Traditional meets modern in the La Cornue W collection of induction cooking table Induction cooktops have been rising in popularity, and with good reason. They use a magnetic field to heat what's inside the pan, rather than the pan itself. That's the focus of the La Cornue W collection. Converting 86 percent of energy into heat, induction cooktops are fitting for a combo … [Read more...]
All-Over Induction Cooktop
As a bona fide appliance nerd my fascination with induction cooktops for home kitchens is ongoing. If it were possible, I’d be thrilled to install a slick Kitchen Sink of the Future and pair it with Gaggenau’s new induction cooktop, just out in England. For some time now, we’ve had cooking by magnetic heat transfer which can boil water almost instantly. Reports from users are … [Read more...]
