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mimic that shape on the cabinetry elevation above, so when you were on business, but when they do get to be home, they want to fix
facing the island you’d see a full circle created from the island shape themselves a Cosmopolitan and look over the city lights from their
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and cabinetry beyond? From there I knew I had the basic shapes that own slice of heaven on the 30 floor.
I wanted, so I started pulling material inspiration.
In your choice of materials for the project, you opted to mix things
What mood were you trying to project with this kitchen design? up. Why is that?

I’ve really been feeling a contemporary, Scandinavian-inspired look I wanted to use a blend of both solid surface and quartz products in
in a lot of my current designs, so I wanted to bring in light oak, a the design to showcase the different kinds of countertop materials
gray color, and keep the overall palette pretty light. I am definitely that Corian® Design offers. In order to elevate the overall palette and
a fan of saturated colors, and sometimes I like to use bright pops give some real visual detail and sophistication to the design, I chose
of color in some of my other designs. I have noticed myself evolve Corian® Quartz in the Versilia Grigio color for its beautiful veining
though, and I find myself having more restraint with color than in and exquisite detail. To create more of a contrast, I selected the
the past. Paneling is associated with older homes from the 1960s and Deep Anthracite solid surface, a beautiful black with little sparkly
70s’, but in the same way that wallpaper has seen a huge resurgence flecks in it, giving the space a small, exquisite detail. Finally, I added
in recent years, paneling is another material that is versatile, and can Carbon Concrete solid surface to complement the Versilia Grigio.
add some architectural interest to your walls. Due to the simplicity It’s this beautiful, gray tone surface with just a little bit of texture.
of this design, it just adds a little more visual detail that the space The mixture of the three materials made the space dramatic and airy
needed. I pictured this space as being a penthouse apartment in at the same time.
Chicago (because New York would just be too obvious). I think a
media mogul and her artist husband live here. They are often away bobbyberkhome.com

OPPOSITE: Bobby Berk’s Modern
Art Deco-meets-Scandinavian kitchen
featuring a mix of Corian® Quartz and
Corian® Solid Surface colors.
THIS PAGE: A selection of residential
interiors designed by Bobby Berk.

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