Parlor Kitchen #6: Modern in Prospect Heights
The sweet kitchens just keep rolling in! Today’s is in a 21-foot-wide brownstone in Prospect Heights with an almost identical rear parlor to ours. This is definitely on the modern side but works very nicely in the Italianate setting. Here’s what the owner had to say: The key for us is that we wanted to…
The sweet kitchens just keep rolling in! Today’s is in a 21-foot-wide brownstone in Prospect Heights with an almost identical rear parlor to ours. This is definitely on the modern side but works very nicely in the Italianate setting. Here’s what the owner had to say:
The key for us is that we wanted to work with the existing detail and architecture of the room while at the same time making sure we had enough storage to have a fully functioning kitchen. The closet on the left serves as a pantry, while the one on the right stores pots and pans and also has a microwave and toaster oven. We put a light on top of the cabinets to accent the arch and detail above the stove and fridge. We thought about putting cabinets in the arch on the back wall, but decided against it to maintain optionality of potentially knocking the wall under the arch out to install a large window. We have a minimalist esthetic, and we find that modern furniture works quite well with the italianate detail. All of the cabinets were customed and the fancy appliances were purchased at substantial discounts from a scratch and dent warehouse (nothing visible). The dining table is from Ligne Roset and the chairs are Cassina.
The one question we have is whether it would have been better to try to do some under-counter fridges in that big island rather than squeeze the tall fridge into the nook with the stove. Either way, another gorgeous design.
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Dear Homeowner:
Where did you get your appliances? How much in savings did you end up getting by purchasing your appliances from a scratch and ding warehouse?
Me again from 5:07, I guess rather than list all the appliances I put away, I can list the only things that sit out on the counters at all times in my kitchen – the coffeemaker and espresso maker. That’s it.
I put away my toaster. We don’t use it THAT much that it needs to be sitting out getting dust inside where the bread goes. Our microwave is over the stove, installed, with a vent on it. Not as cool and fancy as the range hoods without microwaves, but in space-constricted NYC, I don’t see how people don’t put the microwave in that location. A friend of mine put her microwave in the island, below the counter. Though actually I’d think that’s a really bad idea if you have children. One place I’d never put a microwave is in on top of a countertop. Uses up precious work surface.
A microwave is not a necessity, neither is a cuisinart, or a toater, or an electric blender. But they are conveniences.
Some of us like the Spartan life. Some of us like gadgets.
I knew a lady when I was a kid that put a litle “cozy” over the telephone in her living room because she did not like looking at it. Other people soaked the mustard jar to remove the label because they did not like labels on the table. Not growing up in an overly fussy family, I took this in like a little Margaret Mead studying Samoan rituals. I thought it was odd then, I think its odd now, but hey, there is strength in diversity.
Whatever floats your boat.
you consider a microwave a necessity??
i haven’t had one for the last 4 years and don’t plan on using one again if i can help it.
If you have read the owners description you would know that they have pantries in both closets and have microwave & toaster in one of them. I have the same situation and it does work nicely – open the pantry door toast/microwave and other appliance right there to use and not in plain view.
Besides the pantries go all the way up to the ceiling so you have plenty of storage space on upper shelves for things you only use few times a year – like turkey roasting pan etc. Love it.
I put my toaster away after using it. ditto the blender, cuisinart, mixmaster, etc. Is that odd?
Anyone who loathes to see a toaster on a kitchen counter needs meds.
This kitchen doesn’t even have a microwave.
are you kiddin’ me?
The sink drain pipe travels under the floor and connects to the vertical drain stack that is vented. What’s the problem?