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The curved vanity edges were part of a careful balance. “I think carefully about balance in every design — shapes, temperature and color,” Dai says. “In here, it was a balance of straight lines and curves, a balance of cold terrazzo and warm wood and a balance of a soft concrete floor tile and glossy glass wall tiles.”
The globe sconces also add round shapes to this wall, playing off the strong rectilinear grid of glass tiles behind them. Instead of using mirrored medicine cabinets, Dai designed recessed oak shelving for storage. “This comes back to balance,” she says. “The wood adds warmth to balance out the coolness of the glass tiles.”
The balance also lets certain elements play leading roles while others are supporting players. Here, the terrazzo countertop and patterned floor are the stars. “I went with matte white faucets because I thought a metal finish would be a distraction,” Dai says. “These are quiet and they add a very cute pop of modern-day design.”
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The curved vanity edges were part of a careful balance. “I think carefully about balance in every design — shapes, temperature and color,” Dai says. “In here, it was a balance of straight lines and curves, a balance of cold terrazzo and warm wood and a balance of a soft concrete floor tile and glossy glass wall tiles.”
The globe sconces also add round shapes to this wall, playing off the strong rectilinear grid of glass tiles behind them. Instead of using mirrored medicine cabinets, Dai designed recessed oak shelving for storage. “This comes back to balance,” she says. “The wood adds warmth to balance out the coolness of the glass tiles.”
The balance also lets certain elements play leading roles while others are supporting players. Here, the terrazzo countertop and patterned floor are the stars. “I went with matte white faucets because I thought a metal finish would be a distraction,” Dai says. “These are quiet and they add a very cute pop of modern-day design.”
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After: The kitchen went from cramped and dark to open, light and bright with improved lighting and the removal of the dropped soffits and the wall separating the space from the dining area. Jamentz also had her team remove the space-hogging peninsula and replace it with a multifunctional 10-foot island. New cream-colored quartz countertops and custom white oak cabinets with ribbed panels also lighten the look and add textural interest.
The counter stools in synthetic rattan bring in some texture and the dark legs echo the cabinet hardware color. Jamentz reupholstered the counter stools in a faux leather to work with the room palette.
Her team wove in new engineered hardwood flooring for an exact match with the existing floor. “It took the flooring subcontractor quite a while to find the exact match, but luckily he did, and it is nearly impossible to detect where the old floor meets the new,” Jamentz says.
“Aesthetically engineered hardwood flooring is a wonderful choice for kitchen floors, as there is a wide variety of wood species and stain colors to choose from, and it is much softer to stand on when cooking or doing the dishes than a hard surface such as porcelain tile,” she says. “That said, if you have a very active household with pets and kids, preengineered floors might not be the best choice because it can scratch easily.”
Jamentz focused on wellness by helping improve air quality and refrigeration and adding healthy steam cooking. “In this project, our solution was to create a wellness-centric kitchen that provides the opportunity to cook nutritious meals, feel more energetic due to increased daylight, enjoy filtered water on demand, breathe cleaner indoor air, entertain with ease, recycle and compost effortlessly and feel organized through personalized storage solutions,” she says.
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This Seattle-area family enjoyed daily casual meals and cooking together. But as the family grew to six, the kitchen seemed to be bursting at the seams. So the homeowners hired interior designer Harmony Weihs to figure out how to enlarge their kitchen, update other spaces and improve the flow throughout their home. Weihs proposed an addition that would double the size of the kitchen and extend the dining room a few feet to accommodate more family members when they gather.
Beyond the space planning, she helped the owners balance the light-filled kitchen they craved with the cozy cottage feel they love. Within the mostly white palette, she added copper accents, a large blue range, a limestone plaster vent hood, wood beams and honed countertops to create a more casual, European-inspired vibe in the room.
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While expecting their first child, these two busy physicians found a house exactly where they wanted to live in Ripon, California. The house had the right amount of space for their growing family, but they needed professional help to make it suit their needs and style. They searched Houzz for interior designers, contacted three local professionals whose work they admired and ultimately chose Wendy Glaister.
“Their work is very stressful and they were having their first baby. The goal here was zen,” Glaister says. This meant an uncluttered, clean-lined look, an organic feel and warm contemporary style. It also meant laying out the house for the way they lived. The importance of the kitchen to the couple was the biggest influence on the way Glaister reconfigured the first floor. It would truly serve as the heart of their new home.
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If you regularly follow an online class or tutorial, you’ll need an internet connection and easily accessible TV to watch as you work out. A wall-mounted TV might be easier to view than a wobbly laptop screen, so if you can create your workout zone near a TV, it should make life easier.
You might need to clear a space in the living room for this, so storage will be extra important here, to make sure you can unpack and repack your gear easily. If you aren’t able to find space near an existing TV, consider setting up a way to elevate your laptop, so you aren’t trying to squint at it on the floor.
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