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I have written about sconces in the kitchen before and they are on my mind once again. I'm working on a kitchen design that has the potential for wall lighting and I have suddenly found myself all in on kitchen sconces. However, my client is more hesitant about seeing a wall of sconces saluting her every morning and since… Continue reading Kitchen Sconce Bandwagon: Let Me Help You Aboard
Stainless steel hoods and other metal hoods are gorgeous but they do lack a certain warmth that some people crave in a kitchen. It is more traditional to cover up that metal - and one of the big trends today is a modern take on tradition. Check out these 4 ideas on covering up that metal with a… Continue reading Warming up the Room: Range Hoods Without the Stainless Steel
This week I keep being drawn to the rustic open table used as a Kitchen island. Very French Provence and very American Farmhouse - it adds a casual, rustic look to a kitchen that's hard to beat. You can spend as little or as much as you want on this to get the look. If… Continue reading The Island Life: Adding rustic to charm to your kitchen
The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit. This kitchen, in the foothills of Golden, Colorado, is a renovation of an existing kitchen that had been updated last in the 1990's. Fortunately, the previous cabinets were in good shape and we were able sell the existing… Continue reading Before and After: An Eclectic Kitchen
This kitchen was a lot of fun to work on partly because the "Before" space was so dramatically different from the new design. Every stage in the project felt fresh and exciting because of the changes happening in the space.
Sconces at stoves are an unnecessary accessory that seem vaguely Un-American to me. Wall space is typically grabbed by upper cabinets therefore sconces are an unusual light fixture to find in a kitchen. If there is a sconce in a kitchen, it's most likely found next to the sink. Most stoves have a light in the hood,… Continue reading Unnecessary and Beautiful: The Un-American Stove Sconce
I want to share a few kitchens that have inspired me recently. Most of them are ones that you might never see in a design magazine - definitely not in a kitchen design magazine that is out to sell cabinets and products. These kind of kitchens have clearly evolved from time: time spent cooking and… Continue reading Someone Lives Here: 5 character driven kitchens to inspire you.
I've always been drawn to incorporating older pieces in a modern kitchen. This look, popularized many years ago by the English kitchen designer Johnny Grey, has been cropping up more and more in new kitchens. Here are some great images for inspiration.
The Colorado Nest 