Former Home Stunning editor in chief Sophie Donelson has a brand new e book out this week—Unusual Kitchens: A Revolutionary Method to the Most Standard Room within the Home (Abrams)—and it’s full of the form of lived-in, characterful kitchens we so admire right here at Remodelista. Her impetus for writing it? “I felt like kitchen design was getting more and more soulless—that in North America, the mid-2000s mindset of designing it for resale had seeped into our unconscious. We’ve perfected the ‘good white kitchen’ aesthetic—and I needed to discover what comes subsequent,” she says.
That’s to not say that the only real option to obtain an “unusual” kitchen is by way of shade and sample (although that’s actually an efficient methodology, one which dominates the tasks coated within the e book). In truth, the kitchen that appealed to us most from Sophie’s e book is generally white, albeit with a number of pops of shade, and skews minimalist. It belongs to structure and interiors photographer Chris Mottallini and his spouse, Nepal Asatthawasi. Chris shot a number of of the tasks that seem within the e book, and when Sophie glimpsed his Hudson Valley area, she knew it had what it takes to make the e book’s roster of big-personality kitchens, many by established designers like Justina Blakeney and Reath Design. Chris’s kitchen is small and easy, but it surely shares the same think-outside-the-kitchen spirit.
“The most effective insights [in the book] is to contemplate the kitchen one other room in the home vs. capital-Ok KITCHEN,” says Sophie. “These of us constructing, renovating, or tweaking our kitchens are sometimes overwhelmed by the price and dedication of adjustments in that area, however there are such a lot of methods to replace, improve, elevate, and luxuriate in our kitchens that don’t have anything to do with a brand new countertop, home equipment, or a revamped flooring plan. The fondest recollections of kitchens we’ve are by no means of the latest or coolest kitchens in our households. They’re concerning the time we spend with our family or siblings, even when—and typically particularly if—the room is small or imperfect.”
Chris would concur. What he loves most about his kitchen? “The nice and cozy wooden tones and clear, but pure and not too good really feel.”
Under, he provides us a tour.
Images by Chris Mottallini.
