Designer Deborah Ehrlich favors deconstruction over renovation and discount over ornament. Her 1722 Hudson Valley farmhouse is proof: Ehrlich opened up the ground plan, uncovered beams and plaster partitions, sanded the ground, relocated the kitchen to a room initially used to retailer wooden, after which, she says, “simply left it.” The relocated kitchen is now a part of a clapboard addition to the stone home, and is kitted out with handbuilt plywood counter tops, a classic utility sink, and a modified Viking oven. To re-create the look of Ehrlich’s kitchen, learn on.
