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It is a challenge taking a fairly nondescript 70’s era house with 8’ ceilings and making it a special, cozy, English cottage-style home with a kitchen that looks like it has been there for a hundred years.  

Elements from Gothic architecture were summoned in the form of arches, quatrefoils, and deeply stained wooden ceiling beams.  Craggy, uneven stone was used with liberal abandon on the floor and walls.  Cabinetry in distressed glazed hickory, painted cream and green were invoked as freestanding pieces of furniture, each with their own unique hardware to further the ambience.  Lighting fixtures were fashioned after train coach lamps.  

As would have been found a century ago, the strongest element in the room is a stone faced cooking alcove.  It is fitted inside with a commercial range and leaded glass door cabinetry which is used for spices, oils and vinegars.  Pyrolave countertops with their polished, crazed finish complement the materials used behind the range; a mixture of bas relief bronze glazed ceramic, iridescent glass, rock face stone, and honed field stone.

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