In the home of an extreme foodie, reno bliss is two kitchens — fully loaded. Create two kitchens, with completely different looks, side by side in the same house by opening up a wall and incorporating the attached garage. Fully load them with high end appliances, including a Provence blue CornuFé 5-burner range, La Cornue’s built-in rotisserie, plus a set of Blue Star French … [Read more...]
Nate Berkus’ Greenhouse Kitchen
Glamorous but family-friendly, Nate's new black and white greenhouse kitchen is designer-smart x two. Celebrity designer Nate Berkus and his husband designer Jeremiah Brent have a stunning black and white greenhouse kitchen [top] in their newly renovated penthouse on Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The showstopper feature is the 17-foot long curved glass … [Read more...]
Stainless Steel Range Niche
A balance of details creates a successful stainless steel range niche with a classically modern look. Sometimes less is more. On the other hand, sometimes more is better. That's the case with this stainless steel range niche. It's not unusual to see a sheet of stainless used for the cooking area backsplash -- something architect Ken Linsteadt often does, as we showed in … [Read more...]
Cement Tile Kitchen
Rich green cabinets and a unique, patterned cement tile floor create an inviting place for family and guests. Inspired by green doors while traveling in Argentina, Ramin Shamshiri, founding partner of Commune Design, tested 33 paint samples before signing off on the cabinet color in this Spanish-style home. The winner was a deep green from Fine Paints of Europe. Normally, the … [Read more...]
Concrete Trough Sink Kitchen
In a rustic kitchen, a huge concrete trough sink dominates the island. In a Calistoga, California vineyard kitchen, an enormous concrete trough sink dominates one side of the island. While I don't have measurement, the sink appears to be at least six feet long. A pair of gooseneck bridge faucets create two work areas for the sink. With a double clean-up sink with dish drawers … [Read more...]
Giverny Kitchen
Giverny offers more than Monet's gardens -- his kitchen makes an impression, too. Giverny, 45 miles west of Paris, is a historic home with legendary gardens known worldwide through the paintings of its owner, the Impression master Claude Monet. The house is a marvel as well, particularly the Giverny kitchen -- a work of art in traditional blue-and-white faïence tile with a … [Read more...]
Canadian Stone Mansion Kitchen
A historic stone mansion kitchen has exposed brick walls, stone floor, and a big black La Cornue. Wow. The charm of a stone mansion kitchen cannot be understated. Even at 16 x 14-feet, the kitchen at Maus Park, a stately historic home near Toronto, is impressive. Built from local Canadian stone in the 1850s, and owned by an antique dealer, it has a definite Franco-rustic, … [Read more...]
