A high rise apartment in Sydney with showstopping curved oak paneling plus a glassed-in extension. One of the more interesting minimalist kitchens I’ve encountered features bold horizontal curved oak planks on a dividing wall [top]. The gray-oiled color reminds me of old French Limosin oak wine barrels. Actually, the radius curve is made possible by special wood planks made by … [Read more...]
Dimensional Tile Kitchen
Dimensional tile shows best in modern kitchens flat surfaces, straight lines and integral appliances. What a joy to find a white kitchen that’s packed with ideas, a surprise or two, and a design interesting enough to be inspirational. Once again, it’s the work of HammerSmith, an Atlanta based residential design and renovation company that also produced the award-winning … [Read more...]
Color of Toast Kitchen
Dark neutral walls -- the color of toast -- add some formality to the look of a kitchen. Walls the color of well-done toast may not sound like a recipe for a style trend in the coming decade. But a quick study of this sleek-but-not-slick, chic-but-not-impractical kitchen by Swedish-born designer Patrik Lönn shows how adapting a dark neutral color scheme usually associated with … [Read more...]
Outdoors-Indoors Kitchens
Glass wall kitchens look green -- inside and out. Bringing natural light and color indoors is a glorious point of view with glass wall kitchens. In an 1883 Victorian townhouse in Chicago [top and below] the entire back façade up to the gabled first-floor roof was replaced by commercial-grade, aluminum-frame windows plus a door that leads to a deck. The kitchen overlooks the … [Read more...]
