Architect Nils Finne has created a new, highly crafted modern kitchen in his own traditional Tudor home located in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. The kitchen design relies on the creation of a very simple continuous space that is occupied by intensely crafted cabinets, counters and fittings. Materials such as steel, walnut, limestone, textured Alaskan yellow cedar, and sea grass are used in juxtaposition, allowing each material to benefit from adjacent contrasts in texture and color. The existing kitchen was enlarged slightly by removing a wall between the kitchen and pantry. A long, continuous east-west space was created, approximately 25-feet long, with glass doors at either end. The east end of the kitchen has two seating areas: an inviting window seat with soft cushions as well as a desk area with seating, a flat-screen computer, and generous shelving for cookbooks. At the west end of the kitchen, an unusual “L”-shaped door opening has been made between the kitchen and the dining room, in order to provide a greater sense of openness between the two spaces. The ensuing challenge was how to invent a sliding pocket door that could be used to close off the two spaces when the occasion required some separation. The solution was a custom door with two panels, and series of large finger joints between the two panels allowing the door to become “L” shaped. The resulting door, called a “zipper door” by the local fabricator (Quantum Windows and Doors), can be pushed completely into a wall pocket, or slid out and then the finger joints allow the second panel to swing into the “L”-shape position. In addition to the “L”-shaped zipper door, the renovation of architect Nils Finne’s own house presented other opportunity for experimentation. Custom CNC-routed cabinet doors in Alaskan Yellow Cedar were built without vertical stiles, in order to create a more continuous texture across the surface of the lower cabinets. LED lighting was installed with special aluminum reflectors behind the upper resin-panel cabinets. Two materials were used for the counters: Belgian Blue limestone and Black walnut. The limestone was used around the sink area and adjacent to the cook-top. Black walnut was used for the remaining counter areas, and an unusual “finger” joint was created between the two materials, allowing a visually intriguing interlocking pattern , emphasizing the hard, fossilized quality of the limestone and the rich, warm grain of the walnut both to emerge side-by-side. Behind the two counter materials, a continuous backsplash of custom glass mosaic provides visual continuity. Laser-cut steel detailing appears in the flower-like steel bracket supporting hanging pendants over the window seat as well as in the delicate steel valence placed in front of shades over the glass doors at either end of the kitchen. At each of the window areas, the cabinet wall becomes open shelving above and around the windows. The shelving becomes part of the window frame, allowing for generously deep window sills of almost 10”. Sustainable design ideas were present from the beginning. The kitchen is heavily insulated and new windows bring copious amounts of natural light. Green materials include resin panels, low VOC paints, sustainably harvested hardwoods, LED lighting, and glass mosaic tiles. But above all, it is the fact of renovation itself that is inherently sustainable and captures all the embodied energy of the original 1920’s house, which has now been given a fresh life. The intense craftsmanship and detailing of the renovation speaks also to a very important sustainable principle: build it well and it will last for many, many years! Overall, the kitchen brings a fresh new spirit to a home built in 1927. In fact, the kitchen initiates a conversation between the older, traditional home and the new modern space. Although there are no moldings or traditional details in the kitchen, the common language between the two time periods is based on richly textured materials and obsessive attention to detail and craft.

Reminiscent of a villa in south of France, this Old World yet still sophisticated home are what the client had dreamed of. The home was newly built to the client’s specifications. The wood tone kitchen cabinets are made of butternut wood, instantly warming the atmosphere. The perimeter and island cabinets are painted and captivating against the limestone counter tops. A custom steel hammered hood and Apex wood flooring (Downers Grove, IL) bring this room to an artful balance. Project specs: Sub Zero integrated refrigerator and Wolf 36” range Interior Design by Tony Stavish, A.W. Stavish Designs Craig Dugan - Photographer

ダラスにある中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (アンダーカウンターシンク、落し込みパネル扉のキャビネット、中間色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、メタリックのキッチンパネル、メタルタイルのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、無垢フローリング、茶色い床、ベージュのキッチンカウンター) の写真

デンバーにあるトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (中間色木目調キャビネット、シルバーの調理設備、ドロップインシンク、フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、黒いキッチンパネル、ガラスタイルのキッチンパネル、無垢フローリング) の写真

Cabinet Brand: BaileyTown USA Wood Species: Maple Cabinet Finish: Espresso Door Style: Chesapeake Countertop: Laminate Sand Crystal Color
他の地域にある高級な中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (ダブルシンク、シェーカースタイル扉のキャビネット、濃色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、ベージュキッチンパネル、ライムストーンのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、無垢フローリング、アイランドなし、茶色い床、ベージュのキッチンカウンター) の写真

ニューヨークにある広いトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (エプロンフロントシンク、インセット扉のキャビネット、白いキャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、ベージュキッチンパネル、石スラブのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、濃色無垢フローリング) の写真

デンバーにあるトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (ドロップインシンク、フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、中間色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、黒いキッチンパネル、ガラスタイルのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、無垢フローリング) の写真

Photographer: James Anshutz
ハワイにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなアジアンスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (アンダーカウンターシンク、落し込みパネル扉のキャビネット、中間色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、白いキッチンパネル、石スラブのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、アイランドなし、ラミネートの床、ベージュの床) の写真

Stone backsplash and cabinet detail. Damian Farrell Design Group, homeowner
デトロイトにある広いトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (落し込みパネル扉のキャビネット、中間色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、マルチカラーのキッチンパネル、石タイルのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、淡色無垢フローリング) の写真

Reforma de cocina a cargo de la empresa Meine Kuchen en Barcelona. Fotografías: Julen Esnal
バルセロナにある広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなキッチン (シングルシンク、中間色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、ベージュキッチンパネル、ライムストーンのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、無垢フローリング、茶色い床、ベージュのキッチンカウンター、折り上げ天井) の写真

This was a total transformation from a house that was the House of Dreams in Kennesaw for 1997, but that kitchen didn't stand the test of time. The new one will never get old! The client helped a ton with this one, we pulled out all the details we could fit into this space.

バンクーバーにあるおしゃれなキッチン (ドロップインシンク、シェーカースタイル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、白いキッチンパネル、磁器タイルのキッチンパネル、シルバーの調理設備、セラミックタイルの床、ベージュの床、マルチカラーのキッチンカウンター) の写真

チャールストンにあるおしゃれなアイランドキッチン (淡色木目調キャビネット、ライムストーンカウンター、淡色無垢フローリング) の写真

Rustic, transitional kitchen with Massingi limestone countertops. The limestone countertops are custom finished with a picture frame detail and 2.5" miter. THis image also highlights the raised wood section of the countertop.