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Bring it down to the bones
By stripping out the old drywall, the designers discovered 60 square feet of unused space, as well as the gorgeous original brick walls that lend the kitchen its raw frame.
What if the kitchen was really a toy room?
Like most gadget-happy guys, Friesen wanted to control his world via his iPhone. Increasingly, that’s possible. When he wakes up, the lighting gradually increases and the coffee maker does its thing without being told.
Consider your lifestyle
Friesen doesn’t cook very much, but he does host plenty of hockey parties. So, his durable Caesarstone counter includes a custom-built beer trough. (The industrial-size bellini machine is in the next room.)
Identify your mood before picking your palette
Reynolds imagined "a raw but sophisticated bachelor-pad loft, deep within a dark, sinister, Gotham-like city." Thus the high-gloss black lacquer fronting the Redl cabinets, the polished concrete floor and even that chrome knife holder-called "The Ex"-which allows one to stab a figurine each time the cooking’s done.
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