Fully Loaded

Professionals by day, chefs by night, these homeowners consider entertaining to be the center of their active lifestyle. This kitchen in their upscale Buffalo suburb home was a collaboration between the homeowners and designers Kathy Fedak and Keith Specht. Together, they created a high-end modern room with top-notch materials and a variety of textures. The homeowners stripped down the dining room as well as the kitchen and combined the spaces to create multiple working zones: prep area, cooking area with five-burner cooktop and double oven, cleaning zone with oversized sink and two dishwashers, entertainment area, and storage. A custom floor-to-ceiling 13-foot pantry wall offers plenty of storage and accommodates the homeowners’ growing cookbook collection. A pantry with retractable doors houses all the small appliances. One of the two islands includes a prep sink and storage for immediate necessities. The other is used for entertaining and houses a refrigerator, wine cooler, and icemaker. A stainless steel column supports a granite slab surrounded by leather barstools. An indoor grill in the dining room, adjacent to the kitchen, allows for inside meal-making with an outdoor twist. A perfect spot for morning coffee is nestled in the bay window. The owners couldn’t have asked for anything more in this fully loaded creation! Learn more about this designer at www.artisankitchensandbaths.com