Open & AiryContemporary Kitchen, Boston
Our client’s 1950s ranch is typical of many from this post-war genre: humble on the exterior, but possessing great potential and flexibility on the interior. The homeowners asked Feinmann to design a more efficient kosher kitchen and a dining room that would be cozy enough for nightly family dinners while also accommodating up to 14 people for dinner parties. The scope of work also included a new mudroom and small computer desk off the kitchen, as well as a new deck on the rear of the house.
The floor plan of the home was changed dramatically, but no square footage was added. The dynamic solution involved removing an existing wall separating the dining room and kitchen and flipping the two spaces, thus creating an open floor plan. The client’s property had a beautiful backyard and in order to bring this asset into focus in daily life, we created a dramatic arcade of windows running the length of this living room. Each room within the space is loosely defined and open, and the “edge” of each room is defined by the raised tray ceiling above, which provides a sense of enclosure.
The kitchen is truly the heart of this home. Children can do homework at the kitchen bar or dining room table and still interact with the homeowners’ when they’re cooking. Maple cabinets with a honey finish and oak flooring add warmth to the kitchen and dining room. Highlights of blue add a personal touch and appear as accent tiles in the backsplash, iridescent blue flecks in the ‘Blues in the Night’ granite, colorful blue pendants, and light blue cove ceilings.
Photos by John Horner
What Houzzers are commenting on:
Can we put a very thin lighted cabinet at the end of the Island for bar glasses??
this comes from a great article on lighting for "older" eyes :) what do you think of royal/deep medium blue lights that might bring out the blue in the black pearl and add a new colour to the kitchen (breaking up the oreo). If you can get Vicky to look into that backsplash to find out if they come with a splash of blue, it might be interesting. The article is called "how to light a kitchen for older eyes".
The most common use of up lighting is in a recessed cove around the top perimeter of a room.
The most common use of up lighting is in a recessed cove around the top perimeter of a room.
