When New York City architect Julie Salles Schaffer started designing a house in Connecticut for her family—her husband, Robert, and their two teenage daughters—she planned it around a central hub: the kitchen. “It’s pretty unusual for the way you design a house,” Schaffer explains, “since most kitchens are tucked in the back. But I’m the one who does the cooking, and I wanted that room to be the knuckle of the layout.” Reinforcing the notion of the kitchen as a focal point is its unusual aesthetic—arctic white accented by exposed wood grain and rounded details.
Finishes throughout the room reinforce the whiteout theme: Index-d, in nearby Bridgeport, provided the MWE ladder with a custom powder coating, and Schaffer ordered appliances from Miele and Viking to match the color scheme. The only departure: the Schaffer daughters’ favorite Pantone mugs, which reside in one of several carefully placed storage nooks throughout the user-friendly space.
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