Modern kitchen in Walnut with Marble Counters

• Cabinets: Ikea cabinet boxes with custom walnut fronts.
• Countertops: white Carrara marble. We've already etched, chipped and scratched them but they still MAKE the kitchen
• Appliances:
  
  • Miele Novotronic oven (I bought a 4 year old floor model off eBay for half price...it's the best appliance I've ever used)
  • Miele Incognito dishwasher (excellent washing and drying, but the flatware basket keeps getting caught on the spinner arm)
  • Dacor PGM365 cooktop (excellent high heat and simmer, but I wish the 2 identical burners actually burned at the same settings for when I'm making 2 pans of crepes at a time.)
  • custom stainless hood from Modern-Aire (looks great, sucks air okay, a bit on the noisy side)
  • re-used our old JennAir counter-depth refrigerator, building the wall and soffit around it to look built-in
• Sink: Blanco Precision Super Single Bowl undermount sink (gorgeous, and the size and depth are wonderful. It does scratch easily, but I anticipate that all the scratches will eventually come together into a uniform patina. But not a sink for the faint of heart in the scratch dept)
• Faucet: Blanco Purus faucet with side spray in chrome (beautiful, looks like high quality and sprayer works nicely, although I don't like the way it drips for several seconds after you shut it off)
• Floors: French "gris vein" limestone floors 16" x 16"
• Lighting: custom aluminum light rail
• Hardware:
  
• The screen (off to the right) is a vintage 60s walnut fretwork tri-panel screen. I put it there for the pic to hide the room beyond, which is currently the storehouse for all the stuff I need to sell or haven't yet unpacked. It will eventually end up elsewhere in the house, and the room will eventually be a den/media room.
  
  

- posted by starpooh @ 10:48 PM