Right here’s extra proof that kitchens which are extra akin to dwelling or eating rooms than on a regular basis cook dinner areas is a rising development.
This singular Brooklyn Heights kitchen is the work of Ian Starling (of Starling Structure), however the inspiration for its design comes from the mid-century fashionable house’s architects, and unique house owners, Joseph and Mary Merz. Starling’s shoppers, who fell for the bunker-like townhouse after a digital tour (they lived in Costa Rica then) and purchased it with out ever stepping foot inside, wished much less of the intervening years’ modifications and extra of the Merz’s unique intentions.
Within the kitchen, this meant updating the unique design whereas paying homage to it. “We took plenty of cues from what was there,” say Ian. “We custom-fabricated all the kitchen to accommodate new home equipment. We additionally launched a brand new island that reads extra like a chunk of furnishings than a standard kitchen island.”
This will sound like a straightforward task—riff on what was already there—but it surely proved to be way more than a copy-and-paste mission. “The primary problem was getting the supplies and finishes to completely match the prevailing eating room casework [especially important given the open floor plan]. This took plenty of testing by our millworker. The second problem was evolving the language of the prevailing kitchen to accommodate modern home equipment,” says the architect.
With inside design assist from Hollister and Porter Hovey, our favourite stylist sisters, he pulled off a magic act: Create a wholly new kitchen that feels each modern and classic.
Let’s take a tour.
Images by Adrian Gaut, styling by Glen Proebstel, courtesy of Starling Structure.
