Integrating the Kitchen
The kitchen is a focal point in this house because of the view, so integrating the kitchen with the flow of the house was a goal.
Cabinets and Counters
I did a two-tone kitchen, because although I love a white kitchen I knew that with all the windows a white kitchen may be blinding and clinical looking. Since I have cabinets in a hall it was important that they didn’t look like an extension of the kitchen, so I have fern in the hall and under the window wall, but I have white cabinets on the inside wall with the stove and refrigerator.
Along with having two-tone cabinets I have two different countertops. I have Opus White granite by the sink on the window wall with the fern cabinets. It is a white granite with a green vain in it that matches the fern cabinets. The rest of the cabinets are on the inside walls and they have dark walnut butcher block counters. This is along the stove and wrapping around to the hall. The butcher block is used with both white cabinets and the fern cabinets, which created a transitional edge, and that has shelves, which look great.
This is the view as you come down the hall from the front door and guest suite.
The view is the centerpiece of the house and the two glass doors and plate glass window maximize the view from all angles.
White cabinets in the kitchen meet fern cabinets in the hall. They both have butcher block counters to blend them, and the shelves tie together the transition of the two colors. The goal was to not have the hall look like an extension of the kitchen, but I wanted lots of cabinets and the counter top too.
The white cabinets on the inside wall blend well with the old refrigerator and stove and with the butcher block counter, which adds some warmth.
The panel dishwasher creates a seamless look to the lower cabinets. The fern color and the oil bronzed hardware make it warmer than if they were white with brushed nickel.
