Today’s entry on the parlor kitchen thread comes from a neighbor of ours in Clinton Hill. We’ve been in this place and it’s gorgeous. Here’s what the owner had to say:

We had to do a gut renovation of our entire house when we bought it. We lived in our rental unit on the garden level before even deciding upon a kitchen. Boy, did we change our minds a lot. We went from white cabinets, to green cabinets to finally going for walnut cabinets. We were always planning on stainless appliances, however, but the counters were another story. The 3-inch depth was a definite and we wanted something in a light color. We eventually decided on the Carrera for several reasons: first, because it’s light, second, because it matched our fireplace mantels throughout the house and, finally, because we LOVE the way that they age.(There is a wine stain from one raucous party and every time we see it we smile.) The walnut cabinets go with our stairs and floor details. We wanted to maintain some sense of the old with our modern kitchen. Our appliances are from Drimmer’s on Coney Island Avenue. The cabinet knobs are from Gracious Homes. The faucet fixture is Dornbracht from Simon’s. The cabinets are semi-custom. P.S. The doors out to the garden are industrial doors like you would see on a bodega, the lights are from DWR as is the table and the chairs are originals.

Do other people think wine stains add character, too?
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