Dutch Doors

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dutch door. Stable door. Half door. Double-hung door. According to the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>'s <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/34.79a,b">Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History</a>, "two-part split doors of this type are indigenous to the Netherlands and appear frequently in seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting depicting interiors." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHToRxUzuIxdjWtyVsGdqfgI700O7rET1GUBcEPkPCM2ohwxHxzES6ljRz9JSSPLNcVT9gDAhYZ0BuKbSayxHCQeu6LeVcW7VaPS8efsT96NZDH6c3UyxgFLguGpkn2v6johjZiTE89WE/s1600/Girl_at_an_Open_Half-Door_-_Rembrandt_Harmenszoon_van_Rijn.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHToRxUzuIxdjWtyVsGdqfgI700O7rET1GUBcEPkPCM2ohwxHxzES6ljRz9JSSPLNcVT9gDAhYZ0BuKbSayxHCQeu6LeVcW7VaPS8efsT96NZDH6c3UyxgFLguGpkn2v6johjZiTE89WE/s640/Girl_at_an_Open_Half-Door_-_Rembrandt_Harmenszoon_van_Rijn.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Young Woman at an Open Half-Door</i>, 1645.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Workshop of). Dutch, 1606-1669.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oil on canvas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/94840">Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girl_at_an_Open_Half-Door_-_Rembrandt_Harmenszoon_van_Rijn.png">Rembrandt [Public domain], via Wikipedia Commons</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homeowners could open the top half of the door to let in light and fresh air. The closed bottom half provided privacy, while keeping children inside the house and animals out. Modern homeowners still rely on these practical portals to enjoy sea breezes and views of oceans and gardens. Half doors can replace pet doors and child-safety gates in a house, or they can open and close to conceal or reveal a stocked bar. (See home below designed by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller of Carrier and Company.) Dutch doors add a touch of nostalgic charm and even a burst of color, as demonstrated in this house designed by Miles Redd. A lemon-yellow front door shares space with a lacquered blue entry hall:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtW-wwUtHERvsVGjThb5OIup-Yo4ANYu-tQOnYMCMH1AaDWFHeSd5Z1GTp2W9odkCPFR2MpkwSv2kfeWeRopy-6wbtTxJ8rmbdfYS7cdoOClURWLBLegm4SpvBbz4cvwVv9_CU5vtcrgE/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.miles-redd-03-entrance-hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtW-wwUtHERvsVGjThb5OIup-Yo4ANYu-tQOnYMCMH1AaDWFHeSd5Z1GTp2W9odkCPFR2MpkwSv2kfeWeRopy-6wbtTxJ8rmbdfYS7cdoOClURWLBLegm4SpvBbz4cvwVv9_CU5vtcrgE/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.miles-redd-03-entrance-hall.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the entrance hall, a hand-painted Indian paper panel from <a href="http://www.johnrosselliantiques.com/">John Rosselli Antiques</a> brightens a wall. . . . The oversize Dutch front door [is] painted lemon-yellow . . ."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich, Connecticut, home of Jennifer and Dominic Moross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by </span><a href="http://www.milesredd.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miles Redd</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by <a href="http://www.knightarchitecture.com/">George Knight</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by <a href="http://mirandabrooks.com/">Miranda Brooks</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Rob Haskell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-07/miles-redd-connecticut-house-slideshow#/slide=3">A Vibrant Connecticut Home by Miles Redd</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nI1F7CQt7EikFPTyBxsnKP8HPKHwkWwqlNNP6YUAS2dj3cCsoccQiiNmt9LPd0ZfxYV3mL4sr4hmH62Xji1mviGonjXQf6NWv7Ao3KjX74EMJ7_teJ1mYd607uAKbKenx7BShbDkRVo/s1600/14-hbx-blue-dutch-door-dunham-0213-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nI1F7CQt7EikFPTyBxsnKP8HPKHwkWwqlNNP6YUAS2dj3cCsoccQiiNmt9LPd0ZfxYV3mL4sr4hmH62Xji1mviGonjXQf6NWv7Ao3KjX74EMJ7_teJ1mYd607uAKbKenx7BShbDkRVo/s640/14-hbx-blue-dutch-door-dunham-0213-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Dutch door was added to take advantage of sea breezes. It's painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Pacific Ocean Blue, a color that carries through the house."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House on Lido Isle in Newport Beach harbor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.peterdunham.com/">Peter Dunham</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by Scott Laidlaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/home-makeovers/beach-cottage-style-decorating-ideas-0213?click=main_sr#slide-14">A California Beach Cottage Makeover</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (February 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxZhDIw0akxDVVt1B7slgUksyj706EIMI7IGaCacyRuqrp18qON8qB1-sxRN0poJNS_V3RZECRCqXJOkVfdVqnhR5h1QtfVuqGvjWjPzaxNuP9ilhpAlWGS305qAzsgtLkn6RpfdPt8w/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl06_wathne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxZhDIw0akxDVVt1B7slgUksyj706EIMI7IGaCacyRuqrp18qON8qB1-sxRN0poJNS_V3RZECRCqXJOkVfdVqnhR5h1QtfVuqGvjWjPzaxNuP9ilhpAlWGS305qAzsgtLkn6RpfdPt8w/s640/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl06_wathne.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Dutch doors allow a view from the kitchen, at the south, through the house to the ocean,' says [J. Gwynne Thorsen. . . . [T]he house was built along an axis, with Dutch doors at either end to let the light through."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Three Terns," the Nantucket home of Soffia, Berge and Thorunn Wathne, sisters and owners of Wathne, a chain of clothing and accessories stores.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural and interior design by J. Gwynne Thorsen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vanderwarker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/archive/wathne_slideshow_042001#/slide=6">Seaside Sanctuary</a>" text by Cynthua Zarin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2001).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrw1XhERiXOYWHJVidKwHHf1UIiqDQzNSms5cONGG_Wl-FP_Nj1uHLyoWsJr13VeNNl6AxJlrxnbAkL4_0_C6dT16dnJYbKgUJ1eJkze9XWGGqjKuZYjtNWRSc93AxIDX6sjQgCS9js8/s1600/entryway-entry-color-wallpaper-staircase-door-0511-roberts04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrw1XhERiXOYWHJVidKwHHf1UIiqDQzNSms5cONGG_Wl-FP_Nj1uHLyoWsJr13VeNNl6AxJlrxnbAkL4_0_C6dT16dnJYbKgUJ1eJkze9XWGGqjKuZYjtNWRSc93AxIDX6sjQgCS9js8/s640/entryway-entry-color-wallpaper-staircase-door-0511-roberts04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For nostalgic appeal, [Markham] Roberts redesigned the entry with a Dutch door. Walls are papered in <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/">Farrow and Ball</a>'s Ringwold in Turquoise. <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Ivory White offsets the blue and 'looks beautiful with the rich brown stenciled floors,' he says. His poodle, Choppy, rests on a settee covered in <a href="http://www.pierrefrey.com/">Pierre Frey</a>'s Mercurio."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s house in Fort Wayne, Indiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://markhamroberts.com/">Markham Roberts</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/decorating-mixing-pattern-roberts-0511?click=main_sr#slide-4">Inspiring Ideas for Decorating with Pattern</a>" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (May 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawJCiNdSTFyE2YYco1tTjqePTELgyJfnJ9stLwc3r4LyiDB7xN_5AtAA544HSJcvJA2zGmDJSLTSVJsfNGEQPpcvQ33WKdjurKNekyTa0iwyiE1usLbVilqQfe6r_yeYttfA4r6x3J1Q/s1600/101570346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawJCiNdSTFyE2YYco1tTjqePTELgyJfnJ9stLwc3r4LyiDB7xN_5AtAA544HSJcvJA2zGmDJSLTSVJsfNGEQPpcvQ33WKdjurKNekyTa0iwyiE1usLbVilqQfe6r_yeYttfA4r6x3J1Q/s640/101570346.jpg" width="488" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The addition has a separate entry with stairs to the second-floor family room. Built-in cabinets and drawers under the stairs provide space for storage and house a sound system. Shiplap siding and brick floor keep the space casual."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decorative wrought-iron stair railing: Charles Calhoun, <a href="http://calhounmetalworks.com/">Calhoun Design and Metalworks</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlanta, Georgia, home of Daphne and Alex Davis, parents of designer Amy Morris.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Morris, <a href="http://amydmorris.com/">Amy D. Morris Interiors</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Brad Heppner, <a href="http://bradleyheppner.com/">Bradley E. Heppner Architecture LLC</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder: Joe Noah, <a href="http://noahandassociates.com/">Noah and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Emily Followill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/atlanta-colonial-remodel_ss10.html">Atlanta Remodel</a>" produced by Lisa Mowry.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (September 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_Um7UZg9BbXKGCQx_u6hnCC6hUM9DyWluaKhSElUZMxeJv3Y-rp0qOBjIUCiH_YKDWjNLitAmWoy2Tt48XzJ02vFI3stqKY_-5NUHFZgxPiRf4C1nFIdUPmvJBquFQC32ZEZNKQLuNE/s1600/7-kitchen-otm-back-door-kit0607-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_Um7UZg9BbXKGCQx_u6hnCC6hUM9DyWluaKhSElUZMxeJv3Y-rp0qOBjIUCiH_YKDWjNLitAmWoy2Tt48XzJ02vFI3stqKY_-5NUHFZgxPiRf4C1nFIdUPmvJBquFQC32ZEZNKQLuNE/s640/7-kitchen-otm-back-door-kit0607-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Dutch door painted in <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/">Farrow and Ball</a>'s French Gray leads to a sundial and the dog run."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.michaelsmithinc.com/">Michael S.Smith.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Grey Crawford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/los-angeles-kitchen-0708?click=main_sr#slide-7">Kitchen of the Month</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (June 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is another home designed by Michael S. Smith that features a Dutch door:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWCCz_hDOlkLL0Vu4l5oYEnXk6gDB41eXE_fwzUS_xQtPlgIRt8vqMqI6O3uocpi8x-jiR7Yzt1i3A2bhW-i-EfL7mvKluX7Jrd6YaRZ7VgV4JXfpdtyJZwzVTyknynNgBxb1rugcr6o/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl01_ferguson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWCCz_hDOlkLL0Vu4l5oYEnXk6gDB41eXE_fwzUS_xQtPlgIRt8vqMqI6O3uocpi8x-jiR7Yzt1i3A2bhW-i-EfL7mvKluX7Jrd6YaRZ7VgV4JXfpdtyJZwzVTyknynNgBxb1rugcr6o/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl01_ferguson.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'It's a 1930s ideal of a Malibu beach house,' says Michael S. Smith." The Dutch door is original to the house.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu Colony, California, home of film producer Donna Arkoff Roth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.michaelsmithinc.com/">Michael S. Smith</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural redesign by Oscar Shamamian, <a href="http://www.fergusonshamamian.com/">Ferguson and Shamamian Architects LLP</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/ferguson_shamamian/ferguson_slideshow_032005#/slide=1">Malibu Beach Memoirs</a>" text by Steven M. L. Aronson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2005).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1_hbWjDu3G3DOijLASG_OuLsh2-31tdvNGAyFtjqP1679DtMKe4WTTLKSxdqowU_sUp1r9dxy-laGAnB1Yzu8wdGGOUrZ3Sb77cNXKxGfqtUn6SJ1ssR7CKxA1fnHFG8rI0UTwlXads/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl02_ferguson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1_hbWjDu3G3DOijLASG_OuLsh2-31tdvNGAyFtjqP1679DtMKe4WTTLKSxdqowU_sUp1r9dxy-laGAnB1Yzu8wdGGOUrZ3Sb77cNXKxGfqtUn6SJ1ssR7CKxA1fnHFG8rI0UTwlXads/s640/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl02_ferguson.jpg" width="512" /></a><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Michael S.] Smith arranged a circa 1750 English chest of drawers in the entrance hall." </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Dutch door is original to the house, which was built around 1930. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu Colony, California, home of film producer Donna Arkoff Roth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.michaelsmithinc.com/">Michael S. Smith</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural redesign by Oscar Shamamian, <a href="http://www.fergusonshamamian.com/">Ferguson and Shamamian Architects LLP</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/ferguson_shamamian/ferguson_slideshow_032005#/slide=2">Malibu Beach Memoirs</a>" text by Steven M. L. Aronson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2005).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCwNl5JOPDUP-mHJdz1F21QgbQtRC2LIbR9Xf_fyEcJI981mTt5Eucdg0SYoDNUXxyiNf7BLjoJnJq1e_AceV5fiPDhZmp6tG7ZFkXryknyIh52Ys09E2rvVxFZeLnA7j6hJB_QK5VIE/s1600/BlogDutchDoorHBJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCwNl5JOPDUP-mHJdz1F21QgbQtRC2LIbR9Xf_fyEcJI981mTt5Eucdg0SYoDNUXxyiNf7BLjoJnJq1e_AceV5fiPDhZmp6tG7ZFkXryknyIh52Ys09E2rvVxFZeLnA7j6hJB_QK5VIE/s400/BlogDutchDoorHBJune2011.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Dutch door leading to the dining room adds farmhouse charm."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Country house in upstate New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, <a href="http://www.carrierandcompany.com/">Carrier and Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Simplify It" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (June 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMFSN1cBntiiDjU61kl2d4GLSDEWajhAjTgulPEjLE2rrIPBWUaXILzerjal5ZlI6g8OxW7kkksb6MkElhdt24Mh2DahG3ugCCF1MmD8yD6swnyIK_1vNyUHqJwnb99muPuAucyMzGB0/s1600/09-hbx-dutch-door-bar-0611-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMFSN1cBntiiDjU61kl2d4GLSDEWajhAjTgulPEjLE2rrIPBWUaXILzerjal5ZlI6g8OxW7kkksb6MkElhdt24Mh2DahG3ugCCF1MmD8yD6swnyIK_1vNyUHqJwnb99muPuAucyMzGB0/s640/09-hbx-dutch-door-bar-0611-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Another Dutch door off the living opens to a closet-size serving bar. <a href="http://www.rohlhome.com/">Rohl</a> faucet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Country house in upstate New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, </span><a href="http://www.carrierandcompany.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carrier and Company</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/photos/bookcase-bar#slide-10">Photography by Francesco Lagnese</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Simplify It" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (June 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixq1haWSUtbBLW6EvFRcMw_JQ6zsk8eZWZodHPFwhc71IJUxCM3rn3e0XimDiMR8qz6j-wj_6YREBadyB5tpZuxBsH2aXBCa0QLvAQpEg_x_ZAS2jzixpt8-Ol49ydXblA9bgFvNHIqlg/s1600/hbx-1210-smith-entry-foyer-03-mdn-96618822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixq1haWSUtbBLW6EvFRcMw_JQ6zsk8eZWZodHPFwhc71IJUxCM3rn3e0XimDiMR8qz6j-wj_6YREBadyB5tpZuxBsH2aXBCa0QLvAQpEg_x_ZAS2jzixpt8-Ol49ydXblA9bgFvNHIqlg/s640/hbx-1210-smith-entry-foyer-03-mdn-96618822.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'This is a garden house - it seemed only natural to have Dutch doors where we could let nature in,' [Windsor] Smith says."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A young family's home in Los Angeles, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by <a href="http://www.windsorsmithhome.com/">Windsor Smith</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/feminine-style-windsor-smith-1210?click=main_sr#slide-3">An Unabashedly Romantic Home by Windsor Smith</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (December 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0OIWVTy671heUz6nZyPvIBLkXh7WjKrjiWwptL3ECImblE6GHkimQJ5fiDu3pjIebnGog46bK_5oH2jhf6vsVWLvT5PTi7CPEjrX84icCCt4ZtrQgvXSz3RXkg1lWHPWGilpTtrZo6Q/s1600/e6713f4e45b651f9f1af51efbbe0a554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0OIWVTy671heUz6nZyPvIBLkXh7WjKrjiWwptL3ECImblE6GHkimQJ5fiDu3pjIebnGog46bK_5oH2jhf6vsVWLvT5PTi7CPEjrX84icCCt4ZtrQgvXSz3RXkg1lWHPWGilpTtrZo6Q/s640/e6713f4e45b651f9f1af51efbbe0a554.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The mirror in this entryway is made from an old window, and the table was originally used for shucking oysters."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography: Emily Followill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> via <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovJPay_6Tzs2wLD8TTU93PiktlBLX8a47UPz99gIxGG3D2V2GIyUyF0nYaS8fNwoQi5ZF68ghSqwfEvcnAJ5aROUoqCbXS3fG0hn6lzq2saOTWEFH8LfVrkv3_xVJqXRxU4YTlDi1j30/s1600/TDH701012_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovJPay_6Tzs2wLD8TTU93PiktlBLX8a47UPz99gIxGG3D2V2GIyUyF0nYaS8fNwoQi5ZF68ghSqwfEvcnAJ5aROUoqCbXS3fG0hn6lzq2saOTWEFH8LfVrkv3_xVJqXRxU4YTlDi1j30/s640/TDH701012_ss.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This exuberant room from one of [Charles] Faudree's own homes lit up . . . [<i>Traditional Home</i>'s] April 1991 cover."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Charles Faudree.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gene Johnson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/designers/charles-faudree-french-flair_ss15.html">Interior Designer Charles Faudree: French Flair</a>" produced by Julianne Hilmes and Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (April 1991).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsppz0EWY8lNQ2q32LSoL1TV00BvQja2iR32yB1KrXcxhBQ1PjldEtFALdlqtGIXIyg5LifO5l4TtVOn8yo1qIeVKcfg7vM92aWadjiGuiTKm95Mw9p2-iuJg3DH5foPmUACt90siSM58/s1600/HomesRooms-KathrynIreland-0909-11-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsppz0EWY8lNQ2q32LSoL1TV00BvQja2iR32yB1KrXcxhBQ1PjldEtFALdlqtGIXIyg5LifO5l4TtVOn8yo1qIeVKcfg7vM92aWadjiGuiTKm95Mw9p2-iuJg3DH5foPmUACt90siSM58/s400/HomesRooms-KathrynIreland-0909-11-mdn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Homeowner Leslie Burke's Pembroke Welsh corgi, Jack, keeps watch on life inside and outside the house through the Dutch door. Lloyd Loom Italia wicker chairs. Walnut dining table by Kathryn M. Ireland Home. Cushions on chairs and custom wooden banquette, all in French-style ticking, floral and solid fabrics by Kathryn M. Ireland Home. Bell light fixture from Murano."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leslie Burke's Spanish Colonial Revival home in Southern California's Palos Verdes Estates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kathrynireland.com/">Kathryn M. Ireland</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Roland E. Coate Sr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Inner Gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Penner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/kathryn-ireland-california-color-design?click=main_sr#slide-8">Just Add Color</a>" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (September 2009).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsjCmaqXTHcAVB8EdfHqIqjZZg__Vf7-xOX5JSzkoojJ5Bse8_3q-bn60EGh6_t6FlTE3V6Bwt4RgEoq9M_dN8_dEPvaE87B0kkCwd0aq2Un_vtz6qWRm0Sw4GVS7Uj91mOa5S83IHeI/s1600/img_gatfield_10+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsjCmaqXTHcAVB8EdfHqIqjZZg__Vf7-xOX5JSzkoojJ5Bse8_3q-bn60EGh6_t6FlTE3V6Bwt4RgEoq9M_dN8_dEPvaE87B0kkCwd0aq2Un_vtz6qWRm0Sw4GVS7Uj91mOa5S83IHeI/s640/img_gatfield_10+%25281%2529.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Dutch door next to the range leads to the mudroom and . . . a serpentine staircase . . ." Subway tile, <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/">Waterworks</a>. <a href="http://www.vikingrange.com/">Viking range</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long Island, New York, home of architect and interior designer, Eliza Gatfield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eliza Gatfield, Custom Cool, LLC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Stuart Disston, AIA, with Joshua Rosensweig and Guy Horvath, AIA, <a href="http://www.apdarchitects.com/">Austin Patterson Disston Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gatfield-house_10.html">Shingle Style: Capturing the View</a>" produced by Bonnie Maharam.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00BnYJooJx58m_jasqs-PmyQnoNeoWWv-crU8zH9aHzYH7zDDOid5Tz5FxCffmZ9o4nlbPaaL0TPosP5psjeYXvWkwqEiI3mSyRNKWjhRbwu0jtO-wP0k0gMz-ptxvBYMFMQh5d33OFo/s1600/hbx-kitchen-bedroom-white-0710-ewart-04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00BnYJooJx58m_jasqs-PmyQnoNeoWWv-crU8zH9aHzYH7zDDOid5Tz5FxCffmZ9o4nlbPaaL0TPosP5psjeYXvWkwqEiI3mSyRNKWjhRbwu0jtO-wP0k0gMz-ptxvBYMFMQh5d33OFo/s640/hbx-kitchen-bedroom-white-0710-ewart-04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Dutch door opens to the kitchen and a children's room beyond. Stripes, polka dots, and big blue whales are a surprisingly compatible mix."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1938 California cottage of Laurie Thiel, sister of decorator Krista Ewart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kristaewart.com/">Krista Ewart</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/beach-house-decorating-ideas-0710?click=main_sr#slide-10">A Bright and Bold Summer Beach House</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July 2010). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6Pyfhle6qLpSvYnBBnRYQ4_aZ2wH4gc-gMwGpynRr8vIpAl_e0-5rE3IaawbtHduaGEkTOzrX_wYY-y-PnBpfWCZu7xAJNBOmRB-MvcGmFChN8CiY1TK_W4WCu1HL1MdEVMv0_lJl4c/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.04_alexa-hampton-connecticut-home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6Pyfhle6qLpSvYnBBnRYQ4_aZ2wH4gc-gMwGpynRr8vIpAl_e0-5rE3IaawbtHduaGEkTOzrX_wYY-y-PnBpfWCZu7xAJNBOmRB-MvcGmFChN8CiY1TK_W4WCu1HL1MdEVMv0_lJl4c/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.04_alexa-hampton-connecticut-home.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A view from the foyer into the living room, where vintage loop chairs surround a pedestal table; the ebonized bookcase is from <a href="http://www.145antiques.com/">145 Antiques</a>."<br />Interior decoration by Alexa Hampton, <a href="http://www.markhampton.com/">Mark Hampton LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Joel Barkley, <a href="http://www.ikba.com/">Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects P.C.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Durston Saylor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-06/alexa-hampton-connecticut-home-slideshow#/slide=4">A Sophisticated Connecticut Home</a>" text by Jesse Kornbluth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the graphic contrast of the black rectangle against the white wall when the Dutch door is opened in this bedroom designed by Ruthis Sommers:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLadP5F0sBMQe1XQUTPQWy3xXLmN7m8nobFVBOfef0olFYTjpDVoMaIbJ7nak_TNlY_bI3A5VOpYvcBM5fApkdAOyjAEZJnTnEuoFzXXlaOjQAhMwbQ4hLSp0TjUy2HIR7bNZw9TQxpsw/s1600/12-water-bedroom-dec0607-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLadP5F0sBMQe1XQUTPQWy3xXLmN7m8nobFVBOfef0olFYTjpDVoMaIbJ7nak_TNlY_bI3A5VOpYvcBM5fApkdAOyjAEZJnTnEuoFzXXlaOjQAhMwbQ4hLSp0TjUy2HIR7bNZw9TQxpsw/s640/12-water-bedroom-dec0607-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Drop-leaf table from Wertz Brothers in Los Angeles, lamp from Laurin Copen Antiques in Bridgehampton. Striped rug, Dash and Albert. Custom tester bed by Robert Fooshee."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Long Island house that draws inspiration from the sea."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ruthiesommers.com/">Ruthie Sommers</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/water-color-0607?click=main_sr#slide-10">Water Color</a>" by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (June 2007).</span></div>

Dutch Doors

Dutch door. Stable door. Half door. Double-hung door. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ,...

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Kitchens with Open Shelving

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Open or shut? Which type of kitchen storage do you prefer? Some homeowners think open shelving looks cluttered, but others like the way they can access items quickly and check inventory at a glance. Open shelving demands a commitment to organization and ruthless editing, but fans say they like to display their dishware. If something is so ugly you have to hide it behind a closed door, why bring it into your home? Some designers feel open shelving is most appropriate for "old-fashioned" interiors, but fans of streamlined modern kitchens appreciate the style as well. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/tips/designer-mary-jo-bochner-interview-0512">May 2012 edition of House Beautiful</a> featured the kitchen Mary Jo Bochner designed for her 100-year-old, Savannah, Georgia, home. Bochner explained her choice to use open shelving as follows: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I think they look more old-fashioned, and I like to have all my plates and things accessible quickly. I can't stand a lot of doors. That's why I have all drawers underneath. And frankly, my husband always leaves cabinet doors open. So I just got rid of them!" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Here is a look at Bochner's kitchen:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhq4dt69RG0WhvpSAagao-kUUvGdyvusHkKJn7Y4P90mEhCYXiNMwH0Dyi7DyyU1-Ws4dopoCCpbQw5qjFPdc3gYH4i93Czs-YPgRdAifHFaGPISHC7F31AuXFx0zrKku8LlXthHybE8/s1600/1-hbx-large-chandelier-in-modern-traditional-kitchen-0512-ktichen01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhq4dt69RG0WhvpSAagao-kUUvGdyvusHkKJn7Y4P90mEhCYXiNMwH0Dyi7DyyU1-Ws4dopoCCpbQw5qjFPdc3gYH4i93Czs-YPgRdAifHFaGPISHC7F31AuXFx0zrKku8LlXthHybE8/s640/1-hbx-large-chandelier-in-modern-traditional-kitchen-0512-ktichen01-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The scale of the chandelier by Tim Adams, from Savannah's <a href="http://theparismarket.com/" target="_blank">Paris Market</a>, and of the antique etageres, from Charleston's South of the Market, creates drama. Then there's the simplicity of <a href="http://www.ikea.com/" target="_blank">IKEA</a>'s Akurum/Rationell system with Adel drawer fronts. Hardware by <a href="http://classic-brass.com/" target="_blank">Classic Brass</a>. Double-drawer dishwasher by <a href="http://www.fisherpaykel.com/" target="_blank">Fisher and Paykel</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Jo Bochner's 100-year-old house in Savannah, Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Mary Jo Bochner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Trevor Tondro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/french-kitchen-decorating-ideas-0512?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnryA8SH_unys2Q0KzX4n7tzKVXMCz9IIzeBjoQeeqLATU-ze-Ot3v9D-Qhw2iPf4LNVciA-ovnXX088IxI9db9hLkwSCdkzIUIznAEAY09z3uSjio0wxMlNDQcBoctiqPDctMJfFj8KE/s1600/hbx0512ktichen02-Ynsf2w-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnryA8SH_unys2Q0KzX4n7tzKVXMCz9IIzeBjoQeeqLATU-ze-Ot3v9D-Qhw2iPf4LNVciA-ovnXX088IxI9db9hLkwSCdkzIUIznAEAY09z3uSjio0wxMlNDQcBoctiqPDctMJfFj8KE/s640/hbx0512ktichen02-Ynsf2w-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The <a href="http://traulsen.com/" target="_blank">Traulsen</a> refrigerator is 11 years old and still going strong. A 48-inch dual-fuel <a href="http://subzero-wolf.com/" target="_blank">Wolf</a> range is paired with a Wolf Pro Wall hood, equipped with convenient warming lights. 'I use them all the time,' designer Mary Jo Bochner says. 'I just set the food on that steel shelf until I'm ready to serve.' Kenmore microwave by Sears. Woven basket under table from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn</a>. Stool from <a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/" target="_blank">World Market</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Jo Bochner's 100-year-old house in Savannah, Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Mary Jo Bochner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Trevor Tondro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/french-kitchen-decorating-ideas-0512?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5j2nPCmmo91paSSt2PawgccnmbZ3toPbpng8_55jxO__RUdN071FjyKF91S1Fw0NqW53etyt4Y30xouqqLvQcnmMZC8tjPAKszswrUkcH2Ic3uggRflBwj9Wl-Md75C351Fb01QKx6c/s1600/hbx-television-in-niche-above-refridgerator-kitchen-0512-ktichen04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5j2nPCmmo91paSSt2PawgccnmbZ3toPbpng8_55jxO__RUdN071FjyKF91S1Fw0NqW53etyt4Y30xouqqLvQcnmMZC8tjPAKszswrUkcH2Ic3uggRflBwj9Wl-Md75C351Fb01QKx6c/s640/hbx-television-in-niche-above-refridgerator-kitchen-0512-ktichen04-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Sony TV is tucked into a niche above the refrigerator. Open shelves made with wood salvaged from the torn-down walls hold a collection of white ironstone."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mary Jo Bochner's 100-year-old house in Savannah, Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Mary Jo Bochner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Trevor Tondro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/french-kitchen-decorating-ideas-0512?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJprOza-XLjzS3-tvh6LybT6u9PEg-hM4Z61cC7UVCQPIecoQnEUNd6Uvh4seI_GmxG8o-lnIKETbJf2FRZutSfQNZctUrMRtHWKierBvM0g_z5qiV7ZupvZOiGjrOv41BmHd9B28ijt0/s1600/hbx-open-kitchen-shelved-next-to-range-0512-ktichen05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJprOza-XLjzS3-tvh6LybT6u9PEg-hM4Z61cC7UVCQPIecoQnEUNd6Uvh4seI_GmxG8o-lnIKETbJf2FRZutSfQNZctUrMRtHWKierBvM0g_z5qiV7ZupvZOiGjrOv41BmHd9B28ijt0/s640/hbx-open-kitchen-shelved-next-to-range-0512-ktichen05-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The open shelves look as if they could have been here since 1912."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mary Jo Bochner's 100-year-old house in Savannah, Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Mary Jo Bochner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Trevor Tondro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/french-kitchen-decorating-ideas-0512?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQ_s99vWDGgcIBr4k9Xl_Adslnmaal8FwnEGMV7X3K4DoLU32SClr0Kn-zcnYfApt6uEEGa-0aEb6hi5mzCVOVWAHTaM0USd68vvPN4onKaaWAJ3jvMtW8iWBKi8JzobkYgpT2iQXWI4/s1600/hbx-marble-sink-kitchen-door-0512-ktichen07-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQ_s99vWDGgcIBr4k9Xl_Adslnmaal8FwnEGMV7X3K4DoLU32SClr0Kn-zcnYfApt6uEEGa-0aEb6hi5mzCVOVWAHTaM0USd68vvPN4onKaaWAJ3jvMtW8iWBKi8JzobkYgpT2iQXWI4/s640/hbx-marble-sink-kitchen-door-0512-ktichen07-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Soft colors are restful; a custom beige on the walls; <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Cromwell Gray on the door and White Dove on the trim."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mary Jo Bochner's 100-year-old house in Savannah, Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Mary Jo Bochner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Trevor Tondro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/french-kitchen-decorating-ideas-0512?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The etageres in Mary Jo Bochner's Savannah, Georgia kitchen reminded me of the etagere in Darryl Carter's Washington, D.C. townhouse kitchen:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4Q_xOy-_tYoq5WXjmDFWyM2uDn9FbD5gj2hY7JnHFA5RlSvWn3oe8irK49jBKCGNjqD_BZiTtdoLLB0R0s8CSngpgEmmLWp2w3WNWRgNRtwosvwFjEl5CO-4dBnPIjbzAn-xwWn29AI/s1600/design-styles-ED1109-34-Carter-006-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4Q_xOy-_tYoq5WXjmDFWyM2uDn9FbD5gj2hY7JnHFA5RlSvWn3oe8irK49jBKCGNjqD_BZiTtdoLLB0R0s8CSngpgEmmLWp2w3WNWRgNRtwosvwFjEl5CO-4dBnPIjbzAn-xwWn29AI/s640/design-styles-ED1109-34-Carter-006-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique Italian etagere in the kitchen; the wine refrigerator is by <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Sub-Zero</a>, and the range and hood are by <a href="http://www.vikingrange.com/">Viking</a>."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Washington, D.C. townhouse of designer Darryl Carter.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.darrylcarter.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Darryl Carter</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/darryl-carters-dc-townhouse#slide-5" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Cool, Calm, and Collected</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Elle Decor</a> (November 2009).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPVXphE1L_1bc_01vYhDj4-oAL0J46kxRrFBlwVCjh5xyeJ6PsW5V6nnJuHzyqJFlEQrvpFn-IzJomXH3gVMFvVeQK2du-nPUWTmjgXvR3N95ADJyuMHT9pzxelwwJ3Y-Dk0w7KlXv-Y/s1600/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingEDNov2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPVXphE1L_1bc_01vYhDj4-oAL0J46kxRrFBlwVCjh5xyeJ6PsW5V6nnJuHzyqJFlEQrvpFn-IzJomXH3gVMFvVeQK2du-nPUWTmjgXvR3N95ADJyuMHT9pzxelwwJ3Y-Dk0w7KlXv-Y/s640/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingEDNov2010.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A glass pendant light hangs above a Valcucine kitchen island fitted with a sink by <a href="http://www.smegusa.com/">Smeg</a>; the photography is by Eric Slayton."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SoHo loft of Harriet Maxwell Macdonald and Andrew Corrie, owners of <a href="http://www.ochre.net/">Ochre</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lofty Ideals" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2010).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K0VbEIUFhwXA06JaA-kSKBUYkkrnU8SZXro_IIllYF3sv1AiUgCqQ8UE9mgiJ57_5PpE6O3hOmHv5YdePNpk1LR14vyh6LYA5c11Lk-RYI4jn-rYfjRwLIsrrGT9yhrYpSG2vHJVgHI/s1600/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingEDNov2010Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K0VbEIUFhwXA06JaA-kSKBUYkkrnU8SZXro_IIllYF3sv1AiUgCqQ8UE9mgiJ57_5PpE6O3hOmHv5YdePNpk1LR14vyh6LYA5c11Lk-RYI4jn-rYfjRwLIsrrGT9yhrYpSG2vHJVgHI/s640/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingEDNov2010Two.jpg" width="506" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The <a href="http://www.fisherpaykel.com/">Fisher and Paykel</a> range is flanked by steel shelves topped with black granite."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">SoHo loft of Harriet Maxwell Macdonald and Andrew Corrie, owners of </span><a href="http://www.ochre.net/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Ochre</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lofty Ideals" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2010).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwv-3ug0qwKZ8D7DJAN6PuL8PV2ppJFcNVWWSBT7ddXtRVtnlhRxTeFpCmH9wab1vKGn-glsFpJDR_UU6Um6B2nU0DZ9abzcSL7RBGYP1VpToZSAzjz5RHqMlvXuZ9U3H4xqX4xCK5OM/s1600/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingReneaAbbottTwo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwv-3ug0qwKZ8D7DJAN6PuL8PV2ppJFcNVWWSBT7ddXtRVtnlhRxTeFpCmH9wab1vKGn-glsFpJDR_UU6Um6B2nU0DZ9abzcSL7RBGYP1VpToZSAzjz5RHqMlvXuZ9U3H4xqX4xCK5OM/s640/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingReneaAbbottTwo.jpg" width="488" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"Kitchen by Mick De Giulio,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://www.degiuliokitchens.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">De Giulio Kitchen Design</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">. Shelves by American Woodworking; Pusateri Designs brackets.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://www.lacornue.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">La Cornue</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">stove. Santa Rita stone walls. Jerusalem stone and marble countertop by Gino Rinaldi. Dessin Fournir stools in slipcovers of Rose Tarlow-Melrose House linen.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Waterworks</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">faucets."</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provence-style farmhouse in California.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Renea Abbott, <a href="http://www.myshabbyslips.com/">Shabby Slips</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building design by Michael Layne.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Passion for Provence" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (September 2007).</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13g_335yrRtSAElKODnQxLqR8ZmOYHJczLizH_F49BOjkbGybmk___ai5k1GQx-h5ijd8bWM6uEzbnDPyKDvq5WSzb5L_msvLxXYz44i6n9VbHbF2To4JQA3T9rSYQOM35EubyPDXJig/s1600/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingReneaAbbott.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13g_335yrRtSAElKODnQxLqR8ZmOYHJczLizH_F49BOjkbGybmk___ai5k1GQx-h5ijd8bWM6uEzbnDPyKDvq5WSzb5L_msvLxXYz44i6n9VbHbF2To4JQA3T9rSYQOM35EubyPDXJig/s640/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingReneaAbbott.jpg" width="416" /></a><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kitchen by Mick De Giulio, <a href="http://www.degiuliokitchens.com/">De Giulio Kitchen Design</a>. Shelves by American Woodworking; Pusateri Designs brackets. <a href="http://www.lacornue.com/">La Cornue</a> stove. Santa Rita stone walls. Jerusalem stone and marble countertop by Gino Rinaldi. Dessin Fournir stools in slipcovers of Rose Tarlow-Melrose House linen. <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/">Waterworks</a> faucets."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provence-style farmhouse in California.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Renea Abbott, <a href="http://www.myshabbyslips.com/">Shabby Slips</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building design by Michael Layne.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Passion for Provence" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (September 2007).</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozFQoHm3pZJ5Ns5qFB-IuSPUqGr5eZF11kZL_dEvDet_AI9Z7egvWBFE_GWIq2PwwSsrJQrPjeZGzjkeAnVXXyRoIm2mv1stnP22YpxwjRi7iZyuzx8AZYEibIsgBsCO2qAQvtlb-xKE/s1600/HomesRooms-BraysIsland-10-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozFQoHm3pZJ5Ns5qFB-IuSPUqGr5eZF11kZL_dEvDet_AI9Z7egvWBFE_GWIq2PwwSsrJQrPjeZGzjkeAnVXXyRoIm2mv1stnP22YpxwjRi7iZyuzx8AZYEibIsgBsCO2qAQvtlb-xKE/s640/HomesRooms-BraysIsland-10-md.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the kitchen of the 'bunkie house' [a separate guesthouse for the homeowners' grandchildren], a grand French table with lyre bases anchors the room. Custom benches in Rogers and Goffigon fabric. A Verellen chair in linen provides extra sitting room beside a Baker side table. Shelves and pot rack by Bradley Hughes. Best by Broan range hood and <a href="http://www.rohlhome.com/">Rohl</a> faucetry create clean modern lines."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">South Carolina home with views of the Pocotaligo River.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Marsh Magic" by Linda E. Clopton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5YpGOsYLzW4oZgC20iYav-4TTuTTcxzjVvOP01rdx3hMvL68o25wSKh6nJ2weJ7WWP5WAnxkxbQqfBEmpne8KiJh2pp4cZWtp348J2FvnIUtZFhHKnkc7mcSIKKJnNVkvjdRFC4n9x4/s1600/neunsinger-16-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5YpGOsYLzW4oZgC20iYav-4TTuTTcxzjVvOP01rdx3hMvL68o25wSKh6nJ2weJ7WWP5WAnxkxbQqfBEmpne8KiJh2pp4cZWtp348J2FvnIUtZFhHKnkc7mcSIKKJnNVkvjdRFC4n9x4/s640/neunsinger-16-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Open kitchen shelves hold dishes for everyday use. This style can force you to be organized because everything is in plain view. The shelves and how you store your items not only serve an aesthetic purpose, [they] also let you see inventory at a glance. Arrange dishes by color to create an eye-catching visual display."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-8" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjem6jxtZ5LPQF4nDJSdFf34jzLrJ0iftX3lgqK6fSLjD3sbo1l1bPMcL-RfQUUM3eTbtKuLMjB2DZDk4u-m9NHX2Fq4YCa7o1KTdIw0xEMNVhjdqrdCBgYBQhSuhdr4h6kfJfzEBQ48Jk/s1600/neunsinger-21-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjem6jxtZ5LPQF4nDJSdFf34jzLrJ0iftX3lgqK6fSLjD3sbo1l1bPMcL-RfQUUM3eTbtKuLMjB2DZDk4u-m9NHX2Fq4YCa7o1KTdIw0xEMNVhjdqrdCBgYBQhSuhdr4h6kfJfzEBQ48Jk/s640/neunsinger-21-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the kitchen, industrial elements like exposed air ducts, polished concrete floors, and stainless-steel appliances are warmed up with open shelving and vintage accessories and hardware. The wall near the <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Sub-Zero</a> refrigerator 'needed some life,' so [Amy] Neunsinger hung a photograph of her sons, Jackson, six, and August, three. Island sink by Michael S. Smith for <a href="http://www.kallista.com/">Kallista</a>. Thassos white marble counters and backsplash from Walker Zanger. <a href="http://www.vikingrange.com/">Viking</a> range; vintage French pendants from Obsolete."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-4" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">House Beautiful</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is another kitchen with open shelving and exposed ductwork:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYvhLIte1E8kVOcCmA_h-tB66LhT6immo5gIsB2LdznNSoJGc61wj69vaLoEW0MyYhxqrOXOyrJvskxeA4VSQoNz0ifKx-6ytd1i7bjlF8KCa2wOuYce1aDelPGZQDbc4uQaV7GZhTJg/s1600/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingJennaLyons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYvhLIte1E8kVOcCmA_h-tB66LhT6immo5gIsB2LdznNSoJGc61wj69vaLoEW0MyYhxqrOXOyrJvskxeA4VSQoNz0ifKx-6ytd1i7bjlF8KCa2wOuYce1aDelPGZQDbc4uQaV7GZhTJg/s640/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingJennaLyons.jpg" width="490" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the kitchen, new stove ducts were left exposed to spare the tin ceiling." The floor was composed of wood salvaged from old barns. " 'I prefer things that naturally look better with age, as opposed to those that feel pristine and perfect,' " says Jenna Lyons.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn, New York, brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, creative director of </span><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J.Crew</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomagazine.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008). </span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peri Wolfman, former vice president of product development for <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/">Williams-Sonoma</a> told <a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/white-magic-a-49043?click=main_sr">Elle Decor</a>, " 'I absolutely love tableware, and I want to see it all the time. I love the repetition of things in the same shape.' That means open shelving in the kitchen for 'glasses and more glasses and those ironstone pitchers I schlep everywhere.' " The next two photos provide a peek at the Hamptons kitchen she shares with her husband Charley Gold:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEics7s1urmD_NRK5BSTxuxUoOOvmkVYfCqsqLWdmetdZ0wGwJkTyx11tpzkb3JYeyl5pODHqCQjk65ObQp_Irri-WVJfpUXA7Bs-Kum51C_votyO7Hw2PL-XBn5rJH7mEoATzxMzBggUAU/s1600/Home-Decorating-Wolfman-ED0608-06-lgn+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEics7s1urmD_NRK5BSTxuxUoOOvmkVYfCqsqLWdmetdZ0wGwJkTyx11tpzkb3JYeyl5pODHqCQjk65ObQp_Irri-WVJfpUXA7Bs-Kum51C_votyO7Hw2PL-XBn5rJH7mEoATzxMzBggUAU/s640/Home-Decorating-Wolfman-ED0608-06-lgn+(1).jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Open shelves in the kitchen display tableware."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All-metal Hamptons compound of Peri Wolfman and Charley Gold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buildings and grounds designed by Jack Ceglic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Lili Abir Regen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/white-magic#slide-7">White Magic</a>" by Suzanne Slesin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (June 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX964A-46xNPrTSrE-f4wBI0Yg2ESEPu5HHGoEmB-SkRwUCiafZv16C9_TmXz6_1nOWnhO3rqNztyMXl5xBiv6UnqIXhjc-2dVacBEU9qjZNCXZBNncwhyphenhyphenbR_IKJEyRQIUwCuszp91MIQ/s1600/Home-Decorating-Wolfman-ED0608-05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX964A-46xNPrTSrE-f4wBI0Yg2ESEPu5HHGoEmB-SkRwUCiafZv16C9_TmXz6_1nOWnhO3rqNztyMXl5xBiv6UnqIXhjc-2dVacBEU9qjZNCXZBNncwhyphenhyphenbR_IKJEyRQIUwCuszp91MIQ/s640/Home-Decorating-Wolfman-ED0608-05-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Open shelves in the kitchen display tableware. The Pro 48 refrigerator is by <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Sub-Zero</a>, the range is by <a href="http://www.monogram.com/">GE Monogram</a>, and the hood is by <a href="http://www.bestrangehoods.com/">Best</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All metal Hamptons compound of Peri Wolfman and Charley Gold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buildings and grounds designed by Jack Ceglic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Lili Abir Regen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/white-magic#slide-5">White Magic</a>" by Suzanne Slesin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (June 2008).</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWX1oNOhIUseQXPyg0gOT-IPgj_X6qEKxmTgdK9JE9YXAPSRCMQWlZF_8LI7I-CcZKJM0DbcPintwAEuNEAihZ9RW3l2sjRbFhG0xEoovkfOKqGH0tXBXSLuS_XSntiAH34SfkxtEfBBY/s1600/hbx-bond-simple-white-kitchen-stove-05-1010-de-7152343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWX1oNOhIUseQXPyg0gOT-IPgj_X6qEKxmTgdK9JE9YXAPSRCMQWlZF_8LI7I-CcZKJM0DbcPintwAEuNEAihZ9RW3l2sjRbFhG0xEoovkfOKqGH0tXBXSLuS_XSntiAH34SfkxtEfBBY/s640/hbx-bond-simple-white-kitchen-stove-05-1010-de-7152343.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Open shelves in the gallery-style kitchen 'keep everything right at hand,' [Lindsey] Bond says."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1950s Birmingham, Alabama, cottage of designer Lindsey Bond.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://lindseymeadowsid.com/" target="_blank">Lindsey Meadows</a> (formerly Lindsey Bond).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-home-decorating-ideas-1010?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Modern and Easy</a>" produced by Doretta Sperduto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdizP1YeY4j2oYYcIdfqv1CC43NizJtEuX2bGi8fo4AsrycaP3Ppzrwam6BfoftKodnsyHjtNBqPG6xQ_92WzVce5mm0_Yw5-c2f5LAJ_HMYCCyvSTmmpsNXskpPRh7Q-Y8B2Sk0q29o/s1600/hbx-bond-white-kitchen-green-plant-fresh-simple-04-1010-de-81024352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdizP1YeY4j2oYYcIdfqv1CC43NizJtEuX2bGi8fo4AsrycaP3Ppzrwam6BfoftKodnsyHjtNBqPG6xQ_92WzVce5mm0_Yw5-c2f5LAJ_HMYCCyvSTmmpsNXskpPRh7Q-Y8B2Sk0q29o/s640/hbx-bond-white-kitchen-green-plant-fresh-simple-04-1010-de-81024352.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The designer is a stickler for symmetry and balance. She had the window moved four inches so that it would be directly opposite GE's Cafe range and Profile hood and directly above the GE Cafe dishwasher. It's centered between two <a href="http://www.blancoamerica.com/">Blanco</a> undermount stainless sinks."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1950s Birmingham, Alabama, cottage of designer Lindsey Bond.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://lindseymeadowsid.com/" target="_blank">Lindsey Meadows</a> (formerly Lindsey Bond).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-home-decorating-ideas-1010?click=main_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">Modern and Easy</a>" produced by Doretta Sperduto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruard Veltman designed the kitchen in the next photo. The open shelving makes dishes accessible from both the kitchen, which is pictured below, and from the dining room via paneled doors that open to reveal an old-fashioned pass-through:</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJa6sFzw0mXTkGsu51V3B1QR-Jd5b-ZwDmVfIuFr6yR3Ak0LLB47HbOdI0gSkd8oEGoaqgsmJUPQtiFMboS43MHPpjM9_6uC2ZmA0gEcmiAnh3oCBgzjZcbfh6QcPzT6zCZiV3SEIKSA/s1600/03-hbx-dark-wood-drum-stools-veltman-0413-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJa6sFzw0mXTkGsu51V3B1QR-Jd5b-ZwDmVfIuFr6yR3Ak0LLB47HbOdI0gSkd8oEGoaqgsmJUPQtiFMboS43MHPpjM9_6uC2ZmA0gEcmiAnh3oCBgzjZcbfh6QcPzT6zCZiV3SEIKSA/s640/03-hbx-dark-wood-drum-stools-veltman-0413-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A custom-made table abuts the kitchen island to create more prep space and encourage sit-down meals. Open shelving offers plenty of storage and is also accessible from the dining room's pass-through."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North Carolina home in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture and design by <a href="http://www.ruardveltmanarchitecture.com/">Ruard Veltman</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/appalachian-house-0413?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Poetic Vision</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a photo of the pass-through between the kitchen and the dining room:</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lK4EMNUMLDY1CQu2uBJHyjluIdJ1wDhUw5NID_aJ_onBGxF7bY63bOOJrL6ReFZKpLrVkrHKsINTp7m46v0KSfyXmbNZ-v48M6T5bauaX4NLOWyRlOsoesRdGF28h0N6gVt__36tbtY/s1600/05-hbx-kitchen-stairs-veltman-0413-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lK4EMNUMLDY1CQu2uBJHyjluIdJ1wDhUw5NID_aJ_onBGxF7bY63bOOJrL6ReFZKpLrVkrHKsINTp7m46v0KSfyXmbNZ-v48M6T5bauaX4NLOWyRlOsoesRdGF28h0N6gVt__36tbtY/s640/05-hbx-kitchen-stairs-veltman-0413-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In between a pair of upholstered doors in the dining room, there's cabinetry that looks like paneling, and when you open it, it's like magic - you can reach into the kitchen's shelves. It's an old-fashioned pass-through. You can put the dishes away in the kitchen after they're washed and take them out again in the dining room when you need them. It's useful and playful. It makes the house come alive."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North Carolina home in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture and design by <a href="http://www.ruardveltmanarchitecture.com/">Ruard Veltman</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/appalachian-house-0413?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Poetic Vision</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruard Veltman, who designed the kitchen pictured above, told <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ideas/ruard-veltman-interview-0413">House Beautiful</a> that "my visual aesthetic was influenced . . . by Bobby McAlpine. He taught me in architecture school, and I worked for his office right after that. Bobby designs houses that define American style. They blend modernism and tradition in this wonderful way. His architecture has a soul."</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a look at a kitchen with open shelving that Bobby McAlpine designed for himself:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6G_A51mrg6LPTU2cVTGdRl0bT4-TvCSSgTSnRWS4Zna9NYwtWJeUGiuC7hDRQCAU6chUNav67h2OmSamIzbEGE74v43rJyIjWDwJc1KeUU9z8F5WYFHhWApVG38xBt_RIWqhelPHJzvg/s1600/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingMcAlpine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6G_A51mrg6LPTU2cVTGdRl0bT4-TvCSSgTSnRWS4Zna9NYwtWJeUGiuC7hDRQCAU6chUNav67h2OmSamIzbEGE74v43rJyIjWDwJc1KeUU9z8F5WYFHhWApVG38xBt_RIWqhelPHJzvg/s640/BlogKitchensWithOpenShelvingMcAlpine.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Plush upholstered pieces let dinner guests get comfortable during prep time. Bar stools in cowhide and wing chair, McAlpine Home for MacRae. Stove and refrigerator, <a href="http://www.monogram.com/">GE Monogram</a>. Fittings, <a href="http://www.dornbracht.com/">Dornbracht</a>. Custom cabinets, island, and shelves."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation and interior design by Bobby McAlpine, <a href="http://www.mcalpinetankersley.com/">McAlpine Tankersley Architecture</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Original architecture by Robert Anderson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Brave New World" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (March - April 2012). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32T2_5L3g-faZ2q2Iy_EyTzfjIJz6lLzRrOOpP2l0AeeDk5B9o0M9w8G9Gu3I8ecaTCvnvh8h6NWvWGyakalq5ZcrAN5hh_jt7JpfLXg-B_htbkhA4V2QDDy92NcYhsSc7hpqOM897uQ/s1600/EDC010113Gothenburg04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32T2_5L3g-faZ2q2Iy_EyTzfjIJz6lLzRrOOpP2l0AeeDk5B9o0M9w8G9Gu3I8ecaTCvnvh8h6NWvWGyakalq5ZcrAN5hh_jt7JpfLXg-B_htbkhA4V2QDDy92NcYhsSc7hpqOM897uQ/s640/EDC010113Gothenburg04-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The custom countertops and shelving in the kitchen are birch, the oven and cooktop are by Gaggenau, and the antique stove in the foreground is original to the house."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swedish architect Gert Wingardh's 17th-century cottage on the North Sea Coast.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design and renovation by Gert Wingardh. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jean-Francois Jaussaud/Luxproductions.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Original text by Robert Colonna d'Istria. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/gert-wingardh-architect-home?click=main_sr#slide-4">Cottage Industry</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January - February 2013).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in <i>Elle Decoration</i> France.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1puSlFgkXFR6y7Ep1CqnQ28-6P5oTFiFSvAz49hlrU6lI0JTQB0gX4bFdPQdxmf3C2D9KnYZe-dIiEnvfi8UdfArUQFb-odgfb7l0OrZYdX_WC-PMP-Lj31l8Cu6SsoXbwFCoDMSfGI/s1600/VERhal_JF13_07-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1puSlFgkXFR6y7Ep1CqnQ28-6P5oTFiFSvAz49hlrU6lI0JTQB0gX4bFdPQdxmf3C2D9KnYZe-dIiEnvfi8UdfArUQFb-odgfb7l0OrZYdX_WC-PMP-Lj31l8Cu6SsoXbwFCoDMSfGI/s640/VERhal_JF13_07-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Cabinet doors disguise refrigerators, ovens, and wine storage. Custom island, pot rack, and hood. Range, <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Wolf</a>. Stools, <a href="http://www.dennisandleen.com/">Dennis and Leen</a>, in Great Plains fabric. Limestone walls and floors, <a href="http://www.xsurfaces.com/">Exquisite Surfaces</a>. Antique and vintage faience pottery."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "chef-grade country kitchen" in the weekend getaway of Napa Valley winemakers Robert Adler and Alexis Deutsch Adler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture and interior design by Richard Hallberg, <a href="http://hallberg-wiseleydesigners.com/">Richard Hallberg Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/10-design-tips-richard-hallberg-swears-by?click=img_sr#slide-5">Amid the Vines</a>" written by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (January - February 2013).</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Says Kelly Klein regarding her Palm Beach, Florida, kitchen [below], which is "open for all to see, 'Some people don't like looking at their things. I like seeing my glassware and dishes."</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ5Ghc11KU7xQqCxb1Q86aAMEYwf1uJ_jfuDpjfVBN45mgn_oF9P3zjT_AJxUXQwLKtIRZph31nYDenCnANowSwi25Lickq-VcHKAWVisY_Pipc7jusgqsn_hyphenhyphenv458DkWzdXTNrY63nI/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.kelly-klein-03-kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ5Ghc11KU7xQqCxb1Q86aAMEYwf1uJ_jfuDpjfVBN45mgn_oF9P3zjT_AJxUXQwLKtIRZph31nYDenCnANowSwi25Lickq-VcHKAWVisY_Pipc7jusgqsn_hyphenhyphenv458DkWzdXTNrY63nI/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.kelly-klein-03-kitchen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Kelly] Klein outfitted the kitchen with a <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Sub-Zero</a> refrigerator, a <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Wolf</a> range, <a href="http://www.dornbracht.com/">Dornbracht</a> sink fittings, and a custom-made hood."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palm Beach, Florida, home of Kelly Klein and her son.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by David Piscuskas of <a href="http://www.1100architect.com/">1100 Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nikolas Koenig.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by William Norwich.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/kelly-klein-palm-beach-florida-house-slideshow#/slide=3">Cool and Compact</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One option for homeowners who do not want to commit to a completely open shelf plan is glass-fronted cabinets. I think a kitchen composed completely of closed cabinets can seem, well - a bit closed. Adding some glass-fronted shelving can open up a space and allow homeowners to reveal a sampling, but not all, of their kitchen collections. For inspiration, take a look at the kitchen of Monelle Totah, vice president of design for Williams-Sonoma: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu41bv5MJ0uVfOFlMVntkJhZxo4sH7fojjrSxyoJOHkPxOP5xOJBDuyyTJ9WQkf6bi_tUglx_9-glWA2M4ZYL0ssyzWvif3kOVxrxyJUfgXO5WhDv2PBd6rZFlmba3aARZVAFFOja1u3Y/s1600/luxury-home-design-ED0709-TOTAH20-4-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu41bv5MJ0uVfOFlMVntkJhZxo4sH7fojjrSxyoJOHkPxOP5xOJBDuyyTJ9WQkf6bi_tUglx_9-glWA2M4ZYL0ssyzWvif3kOVxrxyJUfgXO5WhDv2PBd6rZFlmba3aARZVAFFOja1u3Y/s640/luxury-home-design-ED0709-TOTAH20-4-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monelle Totah updated her kitchen "with [honed] Carrara-marble counters and stainless-steel appliances [<a href="http://www.vikingrange.com/">Viking</a> range and <a href="http://www.bosch-home.com/us/">Bosch</a> dishwasher], but honored the space's 1920s look by keeping some of the original ceiling-high cabinetry - which contains her overflowing silver and glassware collections - and installing a vintage-inspired nickel light fixture and classic drawer pulls."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco flat of Monelle Totah, vice president of design for <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/">Williams-Sonoma</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/round-the-world-style#slide-5">Round-the-World Style</a>" by Martha McCully.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my own kitchen, I have a mix of closed and glass-fronted cabinetry:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKu2HoDrQLynWfaLLLlAN-3uGLgipPZZo1eFOY7FsqjtwTkMP-Ip8244zYFm5slo_wzHr6tRS8Z-mktn3vKVxP8Lu-fkpEkcOGazjNkEYrolQjliTEJay-UfY6BFb6_BJU6-j4oHdyLY/s1600/KSFKitchenABC+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKu2HoDrQLynWfaLLLlAN-3uGLgipPZZo1eFOY7FsqjtwTkMP-Ip8244zYFm5slo_wzHr6tRS8Z-mktn3vKVxP8Lu-fkpEkcOGazjNkEYrolQjliTEJay-UfY6BFb6_BJU6-j4oHdyLY/s640/KSFKitchenABC+009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honed absolute black granite countertops. <a href="http://www.miele.com/">Miele</a> dishwasher. <a href="http://www.subzero-wolf.com/">Wolf</a> range. Faucets and stainless-steel sinks, <a href="http://www.blancoamerica.com/">Blanco</a>. Subway tile, <a href="http://americanolean.com/">American Olean</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Kathleen Sams Flippen, <a href="http://www.spacesbyksf.com/">Spaces by KSF</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Kathleen Sams Flippen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen renovation by <a href="http://www.pdcva.com/">Premiere Design and Construction</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AHXhvdj3F39J350UCoBQgofTEM6uRHKuHRWr8kniMcnW33Lj_W1l0OZgZiIP51HrcKpM7Ql6qyB6oshyi8TJoQVb_xNlQvFotLFNSjfkBp6WlKiexMKCxlEz0Zzq90AZBDgoPB2R0nE/s1600/KSFKitchenThree+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AHXhvdj3F39J350UCoBQgofTEM6uRHKuHRWr8kniMcnW33Lj_W1l0OZgZiIP51HrcKpM7Ql6qyB6oshyi8TJoQVb_xNlQvFotLFNSjfkBp6WlKiexMKCxlEz0Zzq90AZBDgoPB2R0nE/s640/KSFKitchenThree+007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holophane pendant, <a href="http://www.shadesoflight.com/">Shades of Light</a>. Slipcovered Parsons chairs, <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/">Ballard Designs</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Kathleen Sams Flippen, </span><a href="http://www.spacesbyksf.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spaces by KSF</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Kathleen Sams Flippen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen renovation by <a href="http://www.pdcva.com/">Premiere Design and Construction</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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