Two Simplicity Kitchen Designs

“Simple, clean, and organized” is designer Carol Glasser’s mantra. She chose to lose a counter and L-shaped cabinets, remove the wife’s kitchen office, and accentuate the galley shape by adding two rail-straight runs of cabinets, shown above from the opposite angle. A pair of refrigerators, one at each end of the counter on the right, hide behind paneled doors. Sunlight pours through three casement windows, setting the pale blue-green cabinets aglow. (Photo: Stephen Karlisch)

“I really wanted the cooktop off the island,” says the homeowner. Because of the home’s open layout, it was the first thing visitors saw when entering the foyer. Architect Mark Maresca flip-flopped stove for sink, replacing a large Palladian window with cabinets and a hood and adding two smaller windows on each side. (Photo: Erik Kvalsvik )
[3 Jul 2009 | One Comment | ]Traditional Black kitchen cabinets
The extremely lovely and unique kitchens by Brummel Cucine are custom and handmade in highest quality in Bassano Del Grappa, Italy. From the same charming city that has historically inspired painters, sculptors and poets! Isn’t it completely understandable that the kitchens born from Brummel are unlike any others? The Grand Gourmet R series is divinely black (Laccata 2 Colori). Subtle details like the beading on the island and crown moulding and the rubbed white edges on the raised panels make this kitchen a dramatic stunner! *If you …[14 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
RESOURCES: Carol Glasser, Carol Glasser Interiors, 713/520-0371, cginteriors@sbcglobal.net; marble from Moe Freid Marble & Granite, 512/282-9303, www.moefreidmarbleandgranite.com; faucet by Lefroy Brooks, 718/302-5292, www.lefroybrooks.com; sink by Rohl, 800/777-9762,www.rohlhome.com; antique Biot jar (with orange tree) from Watkins Culver Antiques, 713/529-0597. Mark Maresca, Maresca & Associates, Architects, 843/727-2555, www.markmaresca.com; contractor, Tom Bigby Builders, Inc., 864/304-7931; pineapple finial from Antiques of the Indies, 843/577-6868, www.antiquesoftheindies.com;Regency campaign chair from Golden & Associates Antiques, 843/723-8886; Thomas hanging lights by Mark Maresca for The Urban Electric Co. (to the trade), 843/723-8140 www.urbanelectricco.com; ceiling color, Monroe Bisque, and wall color, Floral White, both by Benjamin Moore, 800/672-4686, www.benjaminmoore.com.
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