The kitchen of this coastal New England vacation home, renovated by San Francisco-based Ken Fulk, is where the extended family holds breakfasts and evening celebrations. “We wanted this kitchen to feel old and unpretentious. It didn't need shiny new appliances, but it certainly needed to function at the highest level,” says Fulk. The team achieved this by cladding the entire space in custom casework inlaid with minty Arsenic-washed beadboard panels by Farrow & Ball, complemented by splashes of historic geometric Adelphi wallpaper. They mixed in industrial pendant lights and Serena & Lily bar stools from the Brimfield Flea Market, and “we created a hand-painted plaid 'rug' on the floor that gives an instant impression of nostalgia,” Fulk adds. “Remodeling vintage elements is a fun and clever way to reuse salvaged items, but don't underestimate the durability of custom pieces like a center island.”
To give this Austin Spanish Colonial kitchen a soothing, old-world feel, local studio SCW Interiors blended custom tiles with rubbed clay edges from Tabarka Studio, leather-topped granite Ubatuba countertops, a brass-hammered CopperSmith sink, and a cozy vintage rug for an atmospheric study-like feel. SCW's private-label ash cabinets, manufactured in Pennsylvania, are standouts and complemented by Modern Matter hardware. “It was important to use stained wood rather than black paint to play off the organic qualities of the other materials,” says lead designer Shazalynn Cavin Winfrey. But it's the glass-door True Residential refrigerator, painted a brassy grass green, that provides the most memorable and attractive touch. “It was an expensive gamble and decision,” Cavin Winfrey adds. “But it's what makes this kitchen stand out.”
