Kitchen Craft
We are aiming to build a clean, welcoming kitchen that feels rustic and homely - a relaxed kitchen that is as much for living and entertaining as it is for cooking. If not too stymied by cost, we aim to achieve this vision through the use of steel, lightly varnished wood and local limestone.
Similar to the b2 kitchen system from Bulthaup pictured below, we are treating our kitchen cabinets like furniture in order to create a space that feels more like a living or dining room than a kitchen. We’ve decided to avoid placing cabinets above counter height and to fashion those we do have as modified credenzas. By lifting the cabinetry off the ground, we can also mitigate the numbers of rodents and cockroaches that nest in dark unreachable places.
System b2 from Bulthaup
Our fridge and pantry will be contained in a single wooden cabinet that we are designing to look a bit like a standalone armoire. We have the basic concept down and are now focused on massaging the details (who knew designing door handles was such a tedious task) and fine-tuning the overall look of our pantry unit.
Northwest perspective of our kitchen
As for sitting and socializing, a table and bench seat along one wall will give us a place to flesh out recipes and sip on a glass of wine without getting in the way of any dinner preparations.
Southeast perspective of our kitchen
There is still lots to do. We’re not yet happy with the placeholder door handles we’ve inserted in the renders above, and have no idea where the compost bucket will go. But all-in-all, we’re on the right track and can now put this aside for a bit while we tackle the bedrooms.
