Page 52 - Green Builder Magazine May-June 2021

KITCHEN

Place to chill. Where there was once
an angled closed-up kitchen wall, there is
now an open view to the living room, and
more light. Cernoch replaced the single
refrigerator in that space with a wall of high-
end cooling: The Signature Kitchen Suite
30-inch Integrated Column Refrigerator
and Freezer are flanked by two 18-inch
Integrated Wine Column Refrigerators.
Rounding out the team’s decision to
coordinate with all SKS stainless products
is the 24-inch PowerSteam Stainless Steel
Dishwasher.

Island roots. The team went
Beams bring light. Cernoch deleted Timeless beauty. Michalek back and forth on whether to have
the wall between the kitchen and the living specified a BOCCHI Contempo Step- an island, finally deciding that there
room, which meant adding a beam header. Rim 36-inch sink, which is made should be one because the couple
That header will match the others required from Fireclay, a 100 percent natural uses the current one frequently.
to convert the house to an open floor plan. organic and recyclable material that “We are considering a pretty blue
Cernoch addressed the dark hallway that runs is 19 times smoother than regular island, light gray cabinets, and a
behind the kitchen and living room by opening glazed ceramic surfaces. Quartz ‘greige’ wood floor,” Michelak says.
up the wall and integrating the thruway into the surface countertops are from “The challenge is that gray can be
living space. LG Hausys’ Viatera Masterpiece cold. We don’t want it to be brown.”
Collection in Adagio Gold.

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