Haute Design Experts share their invaluable insights and essential tips for crafting the perfect luxury kitchen. Discover how these visionary designers elevate culinary spaces to new heights of sophistication and functionality.
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Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors
The top 5 design features that Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors suggests for a luxury kitchen.
- Custom Cabinetry: Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors specializes in creating unique spaces, so custom colored cabinetry adds a unique touch to the kitchen. Whether it's the luxurious inset style cabinets, the metal display feature cabinet, a perfectly selectedpaint color, or a perfectly stained wood tone, the cabinetry is expertly crafted to complement the overall aesthetic and reflect the client's personal style.
- Paneled Appliances: Integrating paneled appliances seamlessly into the cabinetry ensures a cohesive and elegant look. Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors prioritizes clean lines and minimalistic design, so the appliances blend seamlessly with the surrounding cabinetry, maintaining a streamlined appearance while providing all the modern conveniences.
- Statement Range and Custom Hood: A statement range like this black and brass 8 burner model serves as the focal point of the kitchen, showcasing both functionality and design. Paired with a custom hood, it becomes a striking centerpiece that anchors the space. Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors pays attention to detail, ensuring that the range and hood are not only visually captivating, but also tailored to the client's cooking needs. For instance, I wouldn’t consider placing a range and hood in the island because it detracts from the kitchens aesthetic and functionality, which I strongly advise against.
- Multiple Sources of Lighting: Lighting is crucial in creating ambiance and functionality in the kitchen. Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors incorporates multiple sources of lighting, including recessed ceiling lights, pendant fixtures above the island, under-cabinet lighting, and decorative sconces. This layered approach allows for flexibility in lighting options, from bright task lighting for cooking to softer ambient lighting for entertaining.
- Marble or Quartzite Countertops: Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors loves the allure of marble and quartzite countertops, with their stunning veining and natural beauty. However, practicality is also important. Depending on the client's lifestyle and maintenance preferences, they might prefer quartz as a more durable and low-maintenance alternative that still offers the look of marble or quartzite. Whichever option is chosen, the countertops are selected for their quality, durability, and visual impact, enhancing the overall luxury of the kitchen.
With these design features, Elizabeth Cinquini Interiors creates a luxurious kitchen that seamlessly combines style, functionality, and individuality, tailored to the client's preferences and lifestyle.
Ryan Hughes Design
Through purposeful design and must have features, luxury outdoor kitchens can elevate not only the culinary experience, but also that of dining, conversation, entertaining and artistic interests.
1. Multi-elevation Perspective. From sunken kitchens or bars to raised dining decks, this design feature expands spacial use as well as adds topographical personality.
2. Self-Sustainability. With the explosion in design and innovation in outdoor appliances, a key feature is the ability to create a fully functioning stand-alone outdoor kitchen wherever the action is happening.
3. Personalized Artistry. Mosaic designs crafted into surfaces or free-standing sculpture with lighting displays are a sampling of how personalized artistry holds tremendous appeal as well as provides a venue for expression of personal interests.
4. Surface Stories. Bespoke outdoor kitchen designs are including a variety of surface constructions from porcelain, tile and granite to natural greenery, stone and wood and combinations of everything in between.
5. Water And Fire. As a centerpiece for entertainment as much as cooking, luxury outdoor kitchens can expand the culinary experience with show-stopping water walls or illuminating fire displays.
“The advances occurring in features and technology for outdoor kitchens has not only opened up advanced possibilities in functionality, but also those relating to placement and elevations,” states Ryan Hughes, President and Creative Director, Ryan Hughes Design.
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