Expansive Kitchen with Quartzite Benchtops Design Ideas
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Drury Design
Our clients were ready to update their kitchen with soft and subtle colors to blend in with the home’s recently updated interior. It was also time to improve the layout. The kitchen needed to be reconfigured in order to facilitate a three-generation family and occasional entertaining.
Design Objectives
-Brighten up to blend with the home’s interior and flow into the adjacent family room area
-Incorporate specific storage for pantry items like bulk ingredients and small appliances
-Designate areas for a coffee bar, multiple prep areas and seating while highlighting a dry bar for display
-Keep clutter off of counters for a seamless design that facilitates visual flow through the entire area
Design Challenges
-Make a subtle statement with contrasting cabinets and countertops
-Incorporate a stand-alone, statement-making dry bar just outside the main kitchen space
-Design a statement hood that serves as a focal point without interrupting visual flow
-Update and add lighting to add more task, accent and overhead brightness.
-Have the space be usable for different tasks by different family members at the same time
-Create a space that looks classy and formal but is still inviting.
Design Solutions
-A soft grey stain and white paint were used on all the cabinets. On only the wall cabinets flanking the window was the grey introduced on the frame to make a pop against the white paint.
-The white-painted refrigerator and freezer door panel style is a custom reeded look that adds a soft contrasting detail against the main door style. Along with the open grey-stained interior cabinet above, it looks like a piece of furniture.
-The same soft tones were used for the countertops and a full, high backsplash of Chamonix quartzite that tied everything together. It’s an elegant backdrop for the hood.
-The Dry Bar, even though showcasing a dark stained cabinet, stays open and bright with a full mirror backsplash, wood retained glass floating shelves and glass wall cabinet doors. Brushed brass trim details and a fun light fixture add a pop of character.
-The same reeded door style as the refrigerator was used on the base doors of the dry bar to tie in with the kitchen.
-About 2/3 of the existing walk-in pantry was carved out for the new dry bar footprint while still keeping a shallow-depth pantry space for storage.
-The homeowners wanted a beautiful hood but didn’t want it to dominate the design. We kept the lines of the hood simple. The soft stainless steel body has a bottom accent that incorporates both the grey stain and white-painted cabinet colors.
-Even though the Kitchen had a lot of natural light from the large window, it was important to have task and subtle feature lighting. Recessed cans provide overall lighting while clear pendants shine down on the 2nd level of the seating area on the island.
-The circular clear chandelier is the statement piece over the main island while the pendants flanking the hood emphasize the quartzite backsplash and add as accent lighting in the evening along with the interior cabinet lights.
With three generations living in the home it was important to have areas that multiple family members could use at the same time without being in each other’s way. The design incorporates different zones like the coffee bar, charging station, dry bar and refrigerator drawers.
The softness of the colors and classic feel of the wood floor keep kitchen is inviting and calming.
Kitchen Magic
Celadon Green and Walnut kitchen combination. Quartz countertop and farmhouse sink complete the Transitional style.
Kitchen Intuitions
This kitchen is perfect for a large family! With an island seating five and a farmhouse sink its the perfect place to meal prep and help the kids with homework.
Photos by Chris Veith.
Planet Furniture
This contemporary, super-smart kitchen in Old Welwyn is part of a new extension that was designed with the open space of the garden in mind.
The understated, bespoke kitchen design (from our Handmade in Hitchin range) means the focus is on the outdoors when the sliding doors are open or through the expanse of glass in the colder months. Keeping it contemporary, the handleless cabinets have been hand painted in F&B’s All White and Little Greene’s Dock Blue. Providing a warm, tactile contrast is the Wide Planked Oak 60mm Breakfast Bar which extends from the kitchen island, down to the floor and provides seating on both sides.
Deep drawers and large cabinets provide ample storage and easy accessibility whilst the floating, oak shelves are perfect for displaying cookery books and artefacts.
Integrated Miele appliances ensure the sleek, uncluttered finish is maintained with the induction hob & downdraft extractor inset unobtrusively on the Silestone Eternal Calacatta Gold Quartz worktop. And, in turn, this popular durable worktop perfectly partners the (wow factor) splashback in Hand Silvered Antiqued Mirror.
A real feature of this family kitchen is the bespoke extra-large pantry which was commissioned as a drinks cabinet with integrated wine cooler. Serving both functional and visual purposes it’s designed using the same flat slab doors as the kitchen cabinets but with bi-fold opening and flush handles. However, it’s the inside where the magic lies - integrated lighting, the same Silestone Eternal Calacatta Gold Quartz worktop, solid oak wine glass holders and antiqued mirror glass - It’s these details that make it a thing of beauty!
Space Redefined
Quartz counters, lacquered and walnut cabinets with touches of blue agate. Open to great room and entrance.
Kitchen Magic
Celadon Green and Walnut kitchen combination. Quartz countertop and farmhouse sink complete the Transitional style.
Drewett Works
A conservative materials palette and clean lines exemplify the home's contemporary aesthetic. The smoked oak cabinetry is from Snaidero.
Project Details // Razor's Edge
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Architecture: Drewett Works
Builder: Bedbrock Developers
Interior design: Holly Wright Design
Landscape: Bedbrock Developers
Photography: Jeff Zaruba
Countertops (Taj Mahal Quartzite): Cactus Stone
Travertine walls: Cactus Stone
Porcelain flooring: Facings of America
https://www.drewettworks.com/razors-edge/
Premier Kitchens
This beautiful kitchen showcases hte latest in design with its gold chandelier and drawer pulls, blue and white cabinets with stainless steel appliances and bright white slab counters.
Floors of Stone
Floors of Stone
The earthy tones in this deVOL Shaker kitchen are complemented by the Aged Oak Wood Effect Porcelain on the floor.
KabCo Kitchens
The open feel of this kitchen flows throughout this gorgeous South Florida home. Photo Credit: Julie Lehite
MJ Tallan Construction, Inc.
Custom designed and built cabinets by Brett Tallan.
+Large full extension pull-out drawers with self-closing mechanism for all drawers and cabinets doors.
+Pull-out hidden trash receptacle with compartment for bags.
Jessica Koltun Home
Interior design by Jessica Koltun Home. This stunning transitional home with an open floor plan features a formal dining, dedicated study, Chef's kitchen and hidden pantry. Designer amenities include white oak millwork, marble tile, and a high end lighting, plumbing, & hardware.
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