Kitchen Confidential | Jeppe Dueholm Sørensen

Kitchen Confidential

We step inside five unique kitchens and into the minds of designers to see how they conceptualise and create their own functioning spaces.

JEPPE DUEHOLM SØRENSEN | studio ARC & Nordiska Kök

ambient | embracing | functional

WHAT INSPIRED THE RELAXED COLOUR PALETTE?

With an eventful life balancing small children, work and activities it was important to create a calm backdrop. The effect of a tone-in-tone palette makes the interior seamlessly come together and appear evident in the space.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR KITCHEN IN THREE WORDS?

Ambient – Embracing – Functional

Photography © Andrea Papini

HOW DOES YOUR KITCHEN REFLECT A DANISH AESTHETIC?

The kitchen is made with great craftmanship and attention to details, making it both simple, practical and beautiful to the eye. This might be a way of characterising a Danish aesthetic.

I believe that what makes the design interesting is the playful use of old and new. The design is traditional yet it’s modern with seamless integrated technology such as built-in cooktop extractor and sparkling and boiling water from the tap.

HOW IS YOUR KITCHEN RESPECTFUL TO THE 150-YEAR-OLD TOWNHOUSE IT LIES WITHIN?

We chose to work with sustainable materials and a colour palette that was already present in the house.It was important to create a kitchen that will age along with the house. The decision to use fumed oak was a way of connecting the ground floor with the exposed dark wooden beams on the second floor. The same goes for the frame cabinets that refers to the wooden beams in a classic yet playful way. The boxy wall cabinets are playing with the exterior brick façade and the rounded seating bench is mirroring the organic staircase connecting the three floors.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COOKBOOK?

I truly enjoy cooking. Normally I don’t read cookbooks as I like to be creative and improvise with seasonal pescatarian ingredients. Although, I do get a lot of inspiration from looking at Mikkel Karstad’s Instagram feed (@mkarstad) and then do my own take of his beautiful dishes.