Kitchen Ideas
Bar counter. As soon as you walk through the door, poured concrete countertops and vintage industrial stools clue you in to the overall style. Note the black window frames, the metal chair bases and the support for the countertop, which wraps the wall from the kitchen into the family room. The open shelves in both rooms are teak and bring in a bit of modern farmhouse style.Counter stools: Arteriors; browse industrial-style stools
Kitchen. The kitchen redo was a full renovation, but they kept the plumbing and placement of appliances the same, which saved money. And the Viking range was already here, which was a huge bonus. They replaced the existing hood with a black one and painted ready-made white cabinets black to match. Along with the teak open shelves, the apron-front sink is a modern farmhouse touch. Because this is a guesthouse kitchen, it doesn’t need as much storage space as a full-time home, so they were able to keep the walls above more open, tile them all the way to the ceiling and add the open shelves.Concrete countertops, elongated subway tile (with black grout), polished chrome hardware and the light fixtures continue the industrial look. “The subway tiles have a rippled texture that makes them look handmade,” Brooke says. “And we played around with the concrete stain color quite a bit to get it right. We didn’t want them to look too perfect or polished.” They had the painters paint the ceiling light black (originally it was nickel). Edison bulbs lend a period element to the modern fixture.Ceiling light: RH; sink light: Rejuvenation; range hood: Viking
Living, kitchen and dining area. The public spaces in the house are accessible right off the front of the house, with the main entry opening onto the dining-living-kitchen area. (This is the volume we saw on the right side of the exterior, closer to the street.) The large island serves as a social hub.“We were on a lean budget and kept everything simple,” Hughey says. The floors are polished sealed concrete and almost all of the walls are drywall. “Sophisticated materials like the Carrara marble, walnut butcher block and high-end appliances were the splurges, which elevated the more basic materials,” he says. “We wanted to delineate the spaces within the open floor plan,” the architect says. “The corner windows mark the dining room, the island divides it all and the fireplace faces the living room.” The fireplace surround is American Clay earth plaster, made of natural clays, recycled and reclaimed aggregates and natural pigments, and it has a troweled stucco look. To keep things unfussy, they decided not to add a mantel.
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1. Scaled UpDesigner: Gina SimsLocation: Inman Park, AtlantaSize: About 225 square feet (21 square meters)Homeowners’ request. “Overall, the style simply needed to better reflect the personality of its owner,” designer Gina Sims says. “A beautiful succulent with shades of green and a touch of purple in a concrete pot was our inspiration. We went from there.”Style. “I would describe this space as urban organic,” Sims says. Special features. “The tile is clearly the main event,” Sims says of the backsplash’s 8-inch fan-design glazed quarry tile in Waterlily from Seneca Tiles. Also featured: gray cabinets with copper hardware, a soft green island with a poured-concrete top, a vintage light fixture and rug, and wood accent walls.
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