Kitchens 2014: Get Cooking

Thinking about reimagining your kitchen? Take inspiration from these four local cooking spaces, elegantly outfitted with cobalt-blue appliances, sparkling sea-glass tile, sumptuous wood, and other unique features.

Location Manchester-by-the-Sea
Interior Designer Kristina Crestin Design
Kitchen Designer and Builder David McWilliam, McWilliam Woodworking
Architect Olson + Lewis Architects
Contractor Anderson Contracting Services

Kitchen Guide 2014

Photograph by Jamie Salomon / Styling by Kara Butterfield

Cabinet Color Pavement, C2 Paint.
Countertops Soapstone, Athena Marble and Granite.
Barstools Evan counter stools, Robert Allen.
Range Wolf 48-inch gas, Tri City Sales.
Backsplash Oceanside glass tile, the Tile Source.
Paint White Dove, Benjamin Moore.
Sconces E. F. Chapman “Boston Functional Library” lights, Visual Comfort & Co.
Refrigerator Sub-Zero 48-inch, Tri City Sales.

Crestin created a kitchen large enough to accommodate the whole family: on one side, plenty of room for prepping and cooking, and on the other, a space generous enough for the kids to spread out their homework and projects.

 

Kitchens Guide 2014

Photograph by Jamie Salomon / Styling by Kara Butterfield

 

Kitchens Guide 2014

Photograph by Jamie Salomon / Styling by Kara Butterfield

The homeowner was wary of bold colors, Crestin says. Subtle blue sea-glass tile was the perfect compromise—muted and soothing, it has an iridescent shine.
 

Kitchens Guide 2014

Photograph by Jamie Salomon / Styling by Kara Butterfield


 

Kitchens Guide 2014

Photograph by Jamie Salomon / Styling by Kara Butterfield

To add interest to the Restoration Hardware pendant lights above the kitchen island, the homeowner painted the inside of the shades a robin’s-egg blue.
 

Kitchens Guide 2014

One of Crestin’s design challenges was working with the kitchen’s expansive floor plan. A custom-made table filled the space, but it took several shopping trips to find a supplier that offered soapstone slabs large enough for the counters.