9 Chef's Kitchens That Are Enviably Chic and Spacious
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- 21 Jul 2022
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Chef’s kitchens may be uniform in their use of high-end appliances, and you can count on them having an abundance of storage space, but beyond those amenities, a chef’s kitchen can look like just about anything. Gone are the days when the use of a time-saving appliance necessitated a countertop eyesore, and if anything can prove that, it’s these chef’s kitchens featured in AD. Below, are some of the very best kitchens that offer both function and fashion—whether you’re craving industrial chic or an ultramodern blank slate, these kitchens definitely pass the taste test.
A Modernized Kitchen in a Gothic Revival
One of the most potent yet unheralded tools in a designer’s arsenal is restraint. Consider the case of the stately Gothic Revival manse that interior designer Ghislaine Viñas recently reimagined for longtime clients with adventurous tastes in contemporary art and design. Set on nearly 100 acres of rolling hills and spectacular trees in the bucolic village of Tivoli, hard by the River, the stately 6,500-square-foot house was built in 1850 and fully restored a decade ago by Trimble Architecture, with landscape design by Pamela Burton. “I was flabbergasted by the beauty of the property,” Viñas recalls of her first visit to the site. “The house was meticulously renovated, and the structure was in fine shape, so we had to determine what changes were really necessary.” Though the kitchen may look entirely new, all of the cabinetry and fittings existed prior to Viñas’s redesign.
High-Contrast Marble Packs a Punch
After years of admiring the Mediterranean Revival’s facade when walking by, when Tyrone and Christina McKillen were looking for a forever home and saw the property hit the market, they knew it was the one. Now, thanks to a redesign by David John Dick, coprincipal of DISC Interiors, the home feels just as memorable inside as it does outside.
Guests enter through a limestone foyer framed by archways: one leading to a wood-paneled home office, the other to a muted, living room in a Regency style, with a woodburning fireplace. In traditional Colonial style, stairs ascend to the bedrooms. The kitchen gives a visual one-two punch with its herringbone floors and high-contrast marble island. Out back sits a breezy portico lit by a Moroccan lamp, its dining table overlooking a lap pool and yard bursting with edible plantings. “It feels like an artful home, one that respects history,” Dick says. “Even though the McKillens took a lot of risks, their home is not overdone. It will look great in 10 years. This really is a statement piece”—from the street, from the back, and from the inside.
Pale Blue Is Put to Work in a Fort Lauderdale Property
For his first property, the idea of complete, tropical, vacation-level relaxation served as AD100 designer Jake Arnold’s overarching inspiration for the redesign of a Fort Lauderdale home. Luckily, the structure’s architects had conceived of it for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining, so it lent itself to this take, and as he worked with the owners, he began to tease out more specifics. “I’d never used blue before this project,” Arnold says. But here, in the open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area, “it’s what was most appropriate to the space and to the waterfront context. We used a shade that didn’t feel too beachy.” The designer created a variety of moody hues for the custom stonewashed linen slipcovers, using Design of the Time fabric. Arnold then rather serendipitously found “this amazing slab of bluestone after we chose all the fabric. The way the colors worked out with the stone is so nice.”
A 300-Year-Old Former Dairy Farm Takes a Modern Turn
When homeowner Tyler Mitchell and his wife were trying to decide what direction to take with the redesign of their 18th-century Connecticut property, stumbling across the work of architecture firm Brooks & Falotico on Pinterest provided some clarity. The land had a clear bucolic bent—it was previously a dairy farm—but along with restoring the existing structures, the homeowners wanted to build a new home and Brooks & Falotico were indeed up to the task.
In the modern farmhouse, a La Cornue range serves as the centerpiece for the kitchen. The dueling stone waterfall islands are made of the same dark marble and have plenty of space to prep food. “We’re huge cooks and often have family and friends over helping us get dinner on the table, so having a lot of space to do that was important,” [homeowner Tyler] Mitchell says. Read More...
