Walnut, White Marble and Brick – a classic kitchen for an everyday cook. – The Colorado Nest


This kitchen is in a beautiful 1940’s brick Tudor in Denver’s Hale Neighborhood, a tree lined residential pocket near restaurants and shops. The client is a working mom with 2 kids and 2 cats who loves to cook and loves “real” materials. I had such a great time working with her on her home. This kitchen footprint is not super luxurious, in fact, the island was drawn with double the cabinets before we realized the architect had made a large drafting error with the size of the room. Nevertheless, we made it work and it is absolutely lovely. I would take this kitchen in a heartbeat.

Colorado-quarried marble countertops on custom walnut cabinets with unlacquered brass hardware and plumbing and exposed brick – touchable luxury. The brick wall was an older original wall to the home that we kept exposed after adding steel headers for support. An addition had been added on the home sometime in the last 40 years or so. (Photo by Jordan Katz for Laura Medicus Interiors)
A beautiful walnut built-in in the kitchen. I especially like the walnut bead board at the splash. We took over an existing dark den that was adjacent to the original kitchen. (Photo by Jordan Katz for Laura Medicus Interiors)

The stiles on the glass doors are not as thick as what you normally see in kitchen cabinets now-a-days and because of this we weren’t able to use the soft close hardware that you normally have on cabinets. In order to get a certain look, sometimes you have to sacrifice something else. My own cabinets are so soft close that sometimes they don’t close all the way. Is soft close cabinetry a must have? What say you? Is it a symptom of the numbing cushion of “must haves” that people write about online?

A view of the other side of the kitchen with the stove. The client is an everyday cook and wanted her pots and pans easily accessible. She also liked the industrial look of the stainless steel hood contrasted with the classic white marble. Note the pretty furniture leg on the island. (Photo by Jordan Katz for Laura Medicus Interiors)

We sourced the white marble from a local quarry. The client originally wanted extra thick marble for the island and we reinforced the floor to support the weight. Extra thick stone (5 and 6cm vs. the more common 2 and 3 cm) is not easy to get your hands on and it became cost prohibitive and a little impractical with the heights on the island. I can see that it would have looked amazing though.

The floors are red oak with a medium brown stain. We used the existing floors and threaded new boards in to match.

Fridge and freezer are on the right and there’s a beautiful view of the farmhouse sink with the marble drip ledge. The client did not want recessed can lights so we sourced some simple keyless type of fixtures and put in vintage style Edison bulbs. (Photo by Jordan Katz for Laura Medicus Interiors)

If you’re afraid of butter, use cream. Julia Child

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Laura is a Denver Interior Designer who runs an Interior Design Studio based in sunny Colorado with a strong commitment to livable and interesting interiors. She also runs The Colorado Nest, a Denver blog about Design, Art and Life in the Mountain West and co-hosts the book podcast “The Inside Flap” on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play.
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