Welcome to my brother’s new river house modern kitchen. He is open, minimal, text and hyper-functional for his family of four. We love how it turned out, and when you pass the house, it flows so well as a whole with design. The color, texture and minimalism keep everything calm during style and furniture pop. Let’s give you a tour (and see the family in action).
Now this kitchen was a design cooperation (like the rest of the house) (I am a sister), Max humphree (Local designer), and Anne Ashur (Architect). My job was to be involved where there were partners-tile, plumbing, and lighting, which meant that I was very handed with equipment and cabinet. But this was a climk way to do this because everything affects everything, designs, and you cannot have different chefs that make different chefs for the same food. This is to say that Max and Anne are very much worth credited for layouts, the overall flow (Annie killed it), and some hard finishes. I worked with some other elements (and all styles, stone, hardware and lighting). Heck, perhaps this collaboration worked because it was very good. At a certain point, I became so emotionally invested that, despite not having a “rented designer”, I wanted to see every room till the end because it was such a large part of my life for so many years.
bar stools , Steep bowl , Vase (Non -availability) | Cake stand , cutting board
The kitchen lives in the middle of the first floor, open to the living/family room, dining room and game room. So to choose the hard finish we need to look at the design to make sure that we were not designing a fun house.
On choosing tiles …
Hurdle , Drafts draws , Cabinet latch , Tile , Category
We chose this super beautiful, Creamy n sack tile From the new studio McGi Line. When we were selecting tiles or stone, we did not have the furniture closed, and Katie and Ken are very risky when it comes to tile colors/patterns, so as you can see, the main finish is very safe (if still not so beautiful). We knew from the first day that they wanted a complete wall of tile to create that beautiful texture and reflection, so the overall effect is soft, calm and really beautiful. You do not bend the corner and shout at the color to boldness, which is good (they are bold tile folk, not TBH).
In addition, within the view, you have two huge tile fireplaces (living and food), so the tile needs to actually work with other options. Now that all this has happened, I like its cool simplicity (especially with green stone countertops). The final vision and intention of the house is clear – a Pacific North Western Libra with warm minimalism.
A non-boring, but still “safe” tile layout
We dubbed the tile “double stack stack”, where two tiles stand horizontally over each other, but then two more stacked tiles staggering 1/2 ways (just look up, just see above). It was slightly more mid -century and slightly unpredictable. We passed through all options (horizontal or vertical stacks or traditional stagger/running bonds), and it felt like a really great supplement for other tile fireplaces in the room. Katie and Kane were nervous, but I thought it was such a safe risk, so I pushed, and they agreed. We really chose neutral grout, Platinum by prismThat some dimensions were added without too much busyness (but not a bright white). I love how we put it behind the hanging cabinets (which are maximum designed) so that you can see the tile through the glass. It is subtle but very beautiful.
Pendant lights
I was finally very excited to use Blueprint lightingI have been a fan for some time, but since my house is such a vintage, it was not there. But this kitchen felt quite simple that some more sculpture pendants, almost like art, had the right step on the island. These are called Montera pendantWhich has a lot of different metal and enamel options from both colors and stems. We chose the slate, which many times read in a more blue way, which was intended (other time, like these photos, they are more gray). The black sconus Above the bar is from rejuvenation and the blueprint complements the pendant really well, while we have around the kitchen, pulling into a black hit.
I love how the more delicate shape of the shade contradicts against all the hard lines of wood, and the reflective metal platform reflections so well with wood. Once they got up, I really decided that black trunk and canopy would be better and ordered them to change gold. It felt as if they were only disappearing too much. But as soon as the room came together (and as we were calling the electrician back), we decided that they look very good.
Bar + coffee bar
Upper bowl , Middle bowl , Mug , espresso machine , Drafts draws , Cabinet knobs , Equipment bridge , Plates Vase (unavailable) | Hurdle
They have a separate cabinet run for the bar (which opens in the kitchen courtyard) and has a coffee position. It also has a drawer fridge and a pebble ice machine (eg brother, sister -like). Is from the window Lecintina doorsAnd I had nothing to do with it, but it is very terrible.
As you can see, we chose unlawmed Brass Hardware from rejuvenation, Handles, Ghund, LaunchAnd Equipment bridgeOnce again, their selection and custom options can actually make your project special. We were hoping to reduce the contrast here by selecting brass, but I think Black could also look hot. I just love how brass patins, even in a contemporary house like this.
Brass tap + pure water
Sowing machine , Tap , Drown , Berry basket
Tap A purity is to wash the Kohaler bridge-out bar tap (lively brush in modern brass) and for drinking water. Here they have Kuligan water filtration systemInside the cabinet below, which gives them extremely pure water (all things are filtered, including microplastics). Listen, Portland does not have the best water, so I am jealous of it and it can now get it for myself (especially after all microplastic reporting recently). This was a super easy installed for them (hard for me, because our cabinets have low clearance, so stay on it). The tap comes in a lot of finish, and Kohaler has a lot of different styles, but we thought it was a contemporary and transitional-not a hyper-modern, but stylistic fitly fitted really well.
Kitchen tap Is very beautiful. This is Kohrar, the same vibrant brush in modern brass finish, single-hole bridge-down. It can cause regular water flow or more shower -like spray. This is a one-and-made tap for those who want to actually want too much function in simple shape.
Green leather countertops
Pasta bowl , Ramon Bowles , Plates , Pasta bowl (Equal) | Glasses , Small bowl , Wide bowl
I wrote about the process of choosing the stone here, but with the tile being a creamy white and the cabinets being wood, I was desperate to bring some colors and some porous. We had a cacorstone on the board to trade countertops (which is a super durable option about Kane and Katy), but I was so worried that without color here, this kitchen would put the kitchen bus, looked boring (and I told them). So I found this green stone from Elmer, and thankfully they were on the board (nervous, but they trusted me). It looked so correct because the green interior color of all the trees outside was a large part of the palette.
We had a stone leather, which increased a lot of heroing and gave it more of matte texural finish. It is warned that it needs to be sealed immediately after it was not there, and there was an immediate ring from a sub that no one took responsibility, but was very expensive to remove. It is not certain why they took it to leather before they were on the site, why was it not sealing, but it was one of those dumb defect sports conditions that are unfortunate during a remodel. And I found it very responsible because I was the one who had forced them natural stone, but you can barely see it now, thank you for goodness.
Counter stool CB2 is from and is very correct here (this is why I forced them to buy). Since you mostly stare these stools from the back, they needed to be interesting, and that mixed leather/metal finish is just so architecturally striking (after being comfortable, and since it is suited to the family, it is a dark clothes).
The biggest debate we had at the beginning of design was whether you want to face the river/scene while washing or eating utensils on the island. This is actually just a personal priority. At one point, Anne also tried to run the sink cabinet with the kitchen island on the window, where the range wall is. Many opinions on this! I love how Anne eventually designed the layout, and spent a lot of time in the house, just sitting on that dining table is so special, and the kitchen is so close and so invited.
Wait, where do you keep food ???
I completely forgot to mention that there is a large walk-in pantry in the hallway where they have a second small fridge, their underlying microwaves and steam ovens, and tons for food have tons cabinet and drawer. We will finally shoot it, I promise that you will see the dining room soon. But for now, let’s meet those people before and after sliders
This is a real case to keep the hard finish simple, and the power of styling and decorating. I can’t insist on this – you do not want to re -recur hard finish, but it is so easy to switch almost everything based on your style shifting.
I will show you the living room soon, but know that you can watch TV from the kitchen, what should be a big game – you can cook even while looking at the new season. The Bachel That we are all very excited.
It is a super easy, it is easy to keep a clean, dreamy kitchen for this family, and I feel very lucky and grateful to be a part of it (and walk here).
Kitchen Resources:
Plush: Kohler
Water filtration system: Kuligan
Windows: Lecintina doors
Tile/Stone: N sax
Cabinet: Custom
Main Wall Color: Alabaster by Sherwin-Villiams
Pendant: Blueprint lighting
Sconces and hardware: Rejuvenation
feces: CB 2
floor: Stuga
*Architect: Anne Ashur
** General Contractor: JP Massey Sierra Custom Construction
*** Interior Designer: Emily Henderson (I!) And Max humphree
**** Styling: Emily Henderson (I!)
***** photos Kettlene green
