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CAROLINA KITCHEN

Oznell — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:06:30 GMT

At least, I think it's in North or South Carolina! Am guessing, since the design firm Amber Interiors whimsically dubbed this project "Going to Carolina" in their portfolio. But it does look like it could be woodsy North Carolina, maybe Cashiers or Highlands or Asheville?

Just love the materials finishes and integrity of this kitchen. That sink, and the scored, integrated drainboard. All the stone and wood together in this room, just soothing.

And below, this is a glimpse into a butler's pantry (there's wine storage), or just a regular old pantry? What a neat adjunct to the kitchen!

What are your thoughts on interior glass walls or transoms? I think in this application they are great.

The whole house is a rustic dream....

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Nonametoday — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:08:43 GMT

@Oznell

Love the Butler's pantry. I have friends who are fortunate enough to have butler's pantries and some have bars just outside. I am not jealous but I wish I had that amount of storage in my pantry.

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phoenixbrd — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 03:31:19 GMT

As always, love the windows inviting the woods/light into the room....a pantry is always welcome addition, and that huge sink, you can really get the job done! The stove integrates beautifully with the rest of the kitchen. The interior glass adds to the illusion of space. Subtle and successful low-key style.

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:54:27 GMT

I like everything about this kitchen. I love the transom windows in old buildings. If I were to design and build my dream home it would have transom's.

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Snoopp — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:13:02 GMT

If the light is really needed, I guess the transoms are ok. I'm not a fan but I'm tired of transoms in my home.

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DREAMON — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:45:10 GMT

I do like this kitchen.

Transom and glass in a home are very appealing to me. The stone, wood, transoms...I like all of it.

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Citrine1 — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:52:28 GMT

What a beautiful kitchen -- beautiful home! Looks like they have a nice view as well.

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stevieb — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:49:50 GMT

The house seems to have very nice windows...

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shoptilyadropagain — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:01:35 GMT

The windows in this home are beautiful. The kitchen is nice but wouldn't be anything I would want for myself. I would love having this butler's pantry and the windowed doors and transom look windows at the top of the wall add a lot of character but I would tire of it easily

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ECBG — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:44:30 GMT

Not fond of this kitchen. This kitchen "feels cold". I can't imagine cooking in there with all of the cold white.

Right now kitchens are white which is the thing.

I almost get an industral feel here.

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manny2 — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 01:01:28 GMT

First I love light,and big windows, so this kitchen is a hit. I love the contrast of the white, and the wood. The hood above the stove, and the center island, along with the floors really adds a nice warmth to the white. The stove is a nice interruption as well, and it pairs well with the hardware.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:49:11 GMT

I love the windows. The rest, no so much. I could never get anything from some of those cabinets or shelves without a ladder, not a step stool, a full blown ladder.

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kindred cats — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:47:18 GMT

I like many different styles, this one included. Very well done IMHO.

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Nonametoday — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:50:42 GMT

@kindred cats wrote:
I like many different styles, this one included. Very well done IMHO.

@kindred cats

I like that this house has elements of more than one period. It has contemporary, it has a 1900s-1920s look of the transom windows and attic fans which circulated air through the house when opened and the black-painted wood which was a prairie look in the early 1900s and the pantry from a period even further back, a gone-by item, more recently revived, brown furniture which was used particularly well in many periods and which gives warmth to the the white color walls, which were to keep the house cool when there was no air conditioning while the transoms circulated air. It has some elements of high rises in NYC during a time when Fifth and Madison Avenues were all the rage for stars and starlets. There is a midcentury chair, wood in the kitchen which looks like a warm walnut and the copper fittings which were used in Europe as well as the Italian white marble from centuries ago. I think this is a timeless home. Let me live there in my next life with a butler and a cook who picks up our food items from the nearby green grocers.

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Oznell — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:09:24 GMT

Ha, ha, @Nonametoday , let me share that fantasy of yours! And your wide-reaching knowledge and commentary are such a pleasure...

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ECBG — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:21:38 GMT

@Oznell

The only old buildings that are now condos are mostly the old car dealerships which were downtown. Those locations are on city streets with side walks.

On the French Broad river, the very few old factories are part of the River Arts district and used for multiple artist studios and brewerys.

The location might be Black Mountain, about 20 minutes from me. Black Mountain has a very small "town" area and their few factories would be in an area that had more natural vegetation.

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Oznell — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:36:34 GMT

Wow, what a fun looking, vibrant spot, @ECBG . "Black Mountain" rings a bell with me-- I seem to remember that there was a famous, tiny college or art institute called Black Mountain in North Carolina, that in the Forties and onward had a wonderful arts reputation....

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ECBG — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:59:22 GMT

@Oznell

I believe you ae thinking of Warren Wilson College in a small community just before Black Mountain.

They have always had their students share in working and growing plants and food outside.

They were "healthy" decades before everyone else.

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Nonametoday — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:18:23 GMT

I visited Berea college a few times when I found their kitchen was staffed with college students and a European chef in charge. Very nice restaurant. Very nice atmosphere. High-end dining. The food was delicious and students had tuition, room and board paid by work there. It was a very nice liberal arts school. Am I the only one who has heard of it? Apparently WSJ heard of it.

https://www.berea.edu/admissions/no-tuition/

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Oznell — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:25:55 GMT

Very interesting info on the colleges, @ECBG , and @Nonametoday !

I had not previously heard of Warren Wilson College, and had vaguely heard of Berea College.

You all got me curious, and I found, per Wiki, that, indeed, there was an entity called "Black Mountain College", and it was a force in the arts way beyond its tiny size.

Buckminster Fuller supervising the building of one of his geodesic domes there....

Black Mountain College attracted an incredible list of foremost names in art, music, architecture, choreography, dance, like Buckminster Fuller, Willem de Kooning, Merce Cunningham, John Cage.

Sadly, it closed in 1957, but remnants of it have morphed into a museum in Asheville.