Built to reflect a passion for the Mediterranean, a Spanish kitchen reigns as a timeless beauty. The desire for an intimate "old" home led a Southern California couple to downsize. Yet they still needed room for their large family to gather. Merle and Ron Mardigian partnered with Liza Kerrigan to design a Spanish kitchen addition for their new Spanish-style house. The room … [Read more...]
White Oak Cottage Kitchen
The starting point of this elegant cottage kitchen was the idea of living simply. The desire to keep it simple led interior designer Melanie Pounds and her husband to purchase a small 1920's cottage. Then Pounds designed the kitchen around their first joint purchase -- an antique worktable the couple planned to use as an island. The room is full of visually heavy pieces, yet … [Read more...]
Serious Cook’s Kitchen
How a retired chef created a serious cook's kitchen with great storage and two amazing sinks. When Care Morgenstern set out to create the kitchen of her dreams in a 80's house in the California wine country, she thought about all the “crappy kitchens” she’d had to put up with over the years. “Function was my primary goal,” Morgenstern says. “I hoped that it would look nice but … [Read more...]
Cappuccino Kitchen
Wolf appliances helped alter the look of a prize winning large modern kitchen. I call this the cappuccino kitchen because the conceptual color scheme is similar to cup of Italian coffee: milk-white subway tiles on top, Java-tone (cherry Wood Mode) cabinets in the middle and espresso-ground color wood floor. Plus, there's a Miele espresso machine built into the wall (visible … [Read more...]
