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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beautiful kitchen-nice work! but I also ask myself (like anon 2:53) how did you vent the sink so that it is NYC Code compliant?
Where’s the kitchen? I see a fancy appliance collection.
I think its those eleven inches between the Viking and the Sub-Zero.
Where’s the kitchen? I see a fancy appliance collection.
how does that work with the island sink, did you have to put in a pro-vent? in general i quite like the kitchen, just wondering how you vent a sink in an island like that under city code. the cabinets with stainless are beautiful.
This is why different layouts work for different people. I love to have all my appliances out and ready on my counter, my beautiful pots hanging from their rack, my pepper mills and fancy olive oil botles right out there on the open shelf. While other rooms may get dusty or whatever from lack of use, I have never had that problem with the kitchen.
It gets too much use. I love this series, love to see other people’s kitchens.
I have also been enjoying these kitchen posts tremendously. I don’t get the comments by Mildred and others about these kitchens being “showcases” – nearly each owner has mentioned that they cook and the layouts work for them. I imagine if you walked into this PH kitchen right this minute you would probably find some clutter on the island and dish or two in the sink – but they did the right thing and cleaned up for the photos so we could see the design and not be distracted by the clutter.
To answer your question Mildred Pierce at 1:44pm, yes I actually do hide everything away every day! I HATE stuff sitting out on the counter all the time. Loathe it.
Just shows to each his/her own in a kitchen. I have more space than this kitchen shown here, but even with more space I prefer to put away my appliances.
The only way I’d like things sitting out for easy reach, is in a kitchen with all open shelves not cabinets, and bins that hang on the walls for utensils. But the fear for that plan, is dust and grease getting all over things that aren’t used regularly. As for things “living” on the countertops though, like I said I hate it. I need plenty of workspace.
When I cook, i need to have paper towels and dish cloths at the ready. I
need the knives out there, the cutting boards (separate for raw meats and veggies) the pots and lids and a colander and a grater, could not live without my food processor and blender.
all this stuff, to me, is just part of a kitchen which is a work area. These showcase kitchens are weird. Do you have to hide everything like your blender and your toaster and your coffe maker every day? My kitchen’s not a mess, but it isn’t an art gallery either. This isn’t a kitchen, its an altar to the BauHaus or something. I love it when I don’t like something that I could not afford anyway,
you did a wonderful job! gorgeous!