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hen is a kitchen not a kitchen? When it’s designed Dornbracht faucet looks more like an architectural element than a to hide itself in plain sight, as it is here in this con- kitchen plumbing fixture. temporary home designed by Amy Zolin of Clarity Home Interiors. A large back pantry was designed as a second, smaller kitchen for food prep work and to accommodate the client’s love of baking. It also pro“Nothing is happenstance in good design,” says Amy. This kitchen was vides additional storage, including a custom cabinet for wine bottles. part of a new build, and the clients were open to letting Amy take risks with the interior design, stipulating only that they wanted a modern Effectively camouflaging the kitchen allows other features to take viaesthetic. This let her make bold choices in both the materials and sual prominence. The floating steel staircase reinforces the modern, color palette; steel, glass and concrete-gray hues give the space a sleek, almost industrial aesthetic, and it leads the eye upward to the beautiminimalist look and feel. ful wood ceiling and the Charles de Lisle Linden Chandelier over the dining room table. The fixture is sculptural, more of an art piece than With the kitchen being an open floor plan centered in the living space, a light fixture; made of bright brass, it adds warmth and balance to the question became how to define the space while still ensuring that the space. it seamlessly merged with the surrounding living area. “We wanted a kitchen that would almost disappear into the backdrop of the living Amy credits the extraordinary design to the collaboration between space,” explains Amy, “so we didn’t want any hardware or lines that herself, the architect and the client. “Collaboration is always a great would distract the eye to read, ‘Here is the kitchen!’” ingredient for success,” she says. Here, it has created a kitchen space with a wholly unique interpretation of contemporary style. To accomplish this, Amy chose built-in white glass cabinetry from Effiti that blends into the walls, and hid most of the typical kitchen Resources: appliances behind the cabinet doors. The induction cooktop is free of knobs and other hardware that might be distracting. The double Clarity Home oven, while visible, reads as part of the cabinetry and not as an appli- Amy Zolin ance because of Amy’s clever use of vertical white drawer pulls on the 580 Lake Avenue two large cabinets on either side, creating a visual connection with the Greenwich, CT 06830 ovens’ horizontal handles. 203.340.2468 clarityhomeinteriors.com The kitchen island is quite large; to make it vanish and keep it from capturing the eye, Amy covered the cabinetry with the same material Architect: Andrew Bartolotta, Benfield Architecture as the floor covering. The quartz countertop in concrete gray looks Designer: Amy Zolin, Clarity Home Interiors almost like a shining mirage floating above the floor. There are no Builder: Chris Phillips, Artisan Builders decorative pendants to draw attention to the island; even the arched Photographer: Chi Chi Ubina East Coast Home + Design
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