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We asked you to show
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kitchens. We couldn’t take
our eyes off these…

PHOTOGRAPH BY TAYLOR GLENN

Julia and Chris Marcum
Rexburg, ID
Julia Marcum was just finishing up a
massive renovation on her house in
Utah when her husband, Chris, came
home with unexpected news: His job Countertops
was relocating the family to Idaho. “I was
The perimeter counters
still hanging things up when I found out
are white concrete that the
we were moving,” Julia says. She can laugh couple poured themselves.
about it...now. But when she arrived in “There were definitely
Rexburg with Chris and their two daughters, some bumps in the road as
the family ended up in a house with a dark, we were figuring out the
cramped kitchen—so they started all over process, but it turned out
again. Julia and Chris drew the floor plans so awesome,” Julia says.
themselves, adding windows and turning
the adjacent laundry room into a pantry.
Julia was in charge of design; Chris, the
family cook, chose the appliances and
layout, and together they picked out
materials that were both dramatic and
practical: black cabinets from Ikea, concrete Patterned rug
countertops and a butcher-block island. Julia bought their vintage kitchen
These days, the kitchen is in full swing rug on eBay for $200 to bring a
as 2-year-old Faye hangs out and watches traditional element into the modern
6-year-old Greta help Dad make pancakes— kitchen. “If anything spills, the stain
with their enormous Great Pyrenees, blends in with the pattern,” she says.
Charly, lounging nearby. “This room is
our baby,” Julia says.

48 FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE ● SEPTEMBER 2016