We’re loving the anti-kitchen kitchen development we’ve been noticing of late. As a substitute of putting in monolith partitions of built-in cupboards and large shiny home equipment, some designers are selecting to deal with the room extra like a dwelling or household room and choosing finishes and furniture-like models to match.
Some time again, Swedish kitchen firm Nordiska Kök reached out to us about such an aytpical kitchen, a just lately accomplished venture in a chic house in Stockholm’s Östermalm district. The purchasers, dad and mom to a few youngsters, wished the kitchen to be the guts of the house, however relocating it to the middle meant it will now be seen from each the lounge and the TV room. The answer: downplay the usual trappings of typical kitchens and elevate its design in order that it blends in seamlessly with the opposite areas.
In fact, the room nonetheless needs to be purposeful. “We reside a busy life, the kids have many actions, and we regularly have associates at residence,” says the spouse, an inside designer. “It was vital for us to have a pure gathering level at residence, the place homework and cooking may be achieved. We like to entertain, and my purpose was to get an actual kitchen island to have the ability to current food and drinks to company who can then transfer freely within the house.”
“We now have renovated all of the properties we have now lived in,” she continues. “It’s enjoyable to see my very own improvement as I change into extra daring every time.”
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Images by Kristofer Johnsson, styling by Caroline Sandström, courtesy of Nordiska Kök.
