Greenwich Conservatory Kitchen
Our client had lived in this house for nearly 20 years, and had put up with the small, dark kitchen that was connected but not open to a glass conservatory. They asked us to redesign the kitchen with a breakfast room that recalled the conservatory but was not as difficult to heat and cool, and where the light would be shared with the kitchen. First order of business was to tear out the original back wall of the house and replace it with a hidden steel beam, and then design a breakfast room with lots of light, but less glare. This was accomplished by a hipped roof with a custom glass lantern skylight on top, and large, fully operable windows all around.
The brief for the kitchen was “white, simple, and clean with no obstructions”. The key to solving this request was a hidden downdraft hood in the island, which when raised extends a full 18” above the cooktop and pulls all the steam and cooking smells down through a duct in the floor. Cabinets and clean and simple, with lots of drawers for simple storage. The counters are quartz, and they are carried up onto the walls as the backsplash. The smooth expanse of white is broken only by the stainless steel appliances, and the oversized stainless cabinet pulls.
General Contractor: Pecora Brothers
Photos: Nancy Elizabeth Hill