When couple Alaina Smith and Ryan Schaefer determined to redo their kitchen, they imagined an area that will replicate their inventive spirits and turn into the social coronary heart of their residence. The brand new area by Lauderdale Design Group combines two present rooms right into a spacious open kitchen/eating space, and is a celebration of the house’s authentic midcentury design particulars with a daring splash of sample and colour—most notably within the geometric tiles by Concrete Collaborative that wrap across the kitchen.
Home-owner Alaina Smith likens the kitchen to “stepping right into a David Hockney portray”—an impact largely achieved by way of the usage of the Dwell x Strands assortment of tiles by Concrete Collaborative.
The previous kitchen was a compact, 117-square-foot area sandwiched between the house’s facet entry, a slim music room, and a hallway. Lauderdale Design Group merged these areas into the only, open-plan kitchen with an adjoining eating room that covers 472-square-feet.
Dani Miller, principal of Lauderdale Design Group, had steered utilizing Concrete Collaborative’s patterned concrete tiles early within the design course of. With such a daring characteristic, it was important to maintain the remainder of the palette refined. “It took restraint within the adjoining finishes for the sample and colour of the tiles to work,” explains Miller. “However, by offering heat, wealthy and but refined supplies in all areas aside from the backsplash, we created an area the place the colourful blue concrete tile may thrive.”
The kitchen displays the inventive personalities of the householders—Alaina Smith, founding father of equipment model Chilly Gold, and Ryan Schaefer, a musician, software program designer, and founding father of Hologram Electronics, which designs distinctive stomp packing containers and pedals.
The partitions and ceiling are drenched in heat, white paint (Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Espresso), and a brand new timber flooring has been put in to match the remainder of the inside. Likewise, the cabinetry options maple veneer with a darkish stain that echoes the wealthy espresso tones discovered all through the house, and presents a hanging backdrop for the blue patterned tiles. The colourful Concrete Collaborative Strands tiles used for the backsplash are a collaboration between Concrete Collaborative and Dwell, and the concrete tiles characteristic a design by architect Chris Deam that takes inspiration from Californian surf tradition.
The graceful, clear strains of the Strands tiles take inspiration from surfboard shapes, and the tiles may be mixed to create infinite mixtures of alternating patterns. The sample is inlaid into every concrete tile utilizing pigmented clay in a course of often called “encaustic” patterning. This creates a sturdy floor splendid for lavatory flooring, kitchen backsplashes, and courtyards.
 “In a time the place the fabric tendencies for kitchens are painted cupboards, brushed brass pulls, pure stone counter tops, and zellige backsplashes, the Strands Assortment gives an sudden feeling,” says Miller. “It’s so playful—and why not be that means within the coronary heart of the house?”
The casework is cleverly designed utilizing a inventory cabinetry line, which makes use of full overlay doorways and matching panel drawer fronts in stained maple veneer, with bronze edge-pull {hardware} that evokes elegant midcentury vibes. “The aim from the beginning was to make the cabinetry really feel customized with a cost-conscious strategy,” says inside designer Dani Miller.
Miller knew from the start that the Dwell x Strands patterned tiles could be a focus, however hadn’t chosen a colour from the model’s in depth assortment. “We ordered a number of samples to check the colour,” she recollects. “On the day of the ultimate design assembly, Alaina walked into Lauderdale’s studio carrying the Massive, Daring Assertion Earrings in Blue Leather-based Matisse Type from her personal model, Chilly Gold. At that second, we knew the characteristic colour for the venture was set—cobalt blue was our colour!”Â
Owners Alaina and Ryan sourced the furnishings and eating space art work. The furnishings is by West Elm and the art work is by Chilly Picnic.
With such a daring assertion, the fixtures and fittings wanted to be simply as restrained as the remainder of the palette. The surface-mounted mild above the eating desk is by Flos—chosen by Miller when she walked previous the model’s Soho showroom each day throughout a stint residing in New York—and the lighting above the kitchen island is by Southern Lights Electrical, a neighborhood producer from Nashville.
The daring use of colour within the kitchen echoes the intense palette present in different rooms within the residence, glimpses of which may be seen from the eating space.
“The brand new kitchen has a persona that represents the inventive spirits of the householders,” says Miller. “It evokes play and whimsy, and has turn into the backdrop for summer time soirees and vacation gatherings, with a flurry of associates dancing across the central island. Alaina and Ryan actually trusted us. In return, we really feel that the venture reached its fullest potential—it’s an area that retains on giving!”
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Inside Designer: Lauderdale Design Group
