Collected Kitchen
 This house is in northern Virginia in a small 1700’s town that has been untouched by the 21st century. The brick part of the house was built in the 18th century and the stone part is a 2003 reproduction. The houses in this region are a mixture of stone and brick, so a stone addition was a logical choice.
Because of the many doors and windows in this room, it was logical for this kitchen to be designed in our “Collected” style, a style for which we are well known. Collected kitchens consist of different connected, freestanding, and unfitted pieces that appear to be “found antiques” put to use in a modern kitchen. Because each piece stands on its own, the Collected kitchen may have various styles of doors, drawers, bases, crown moldings, and hardware. In this kitchen, you find raised and flat-panel doors, flush drawers, Chippendale bracket bases, or Shaker feet and ogee or Shaker 45 degree crown moldings.
The cooktop and ovens are in a large curly maple “Cooking Cupboard”, which serves as the focal point of the room. Behind the cooktop is a curly maple spice shelf surrounded by curly maple bead board. Above the cooktop is a curly maple 3-panel angled cabinet that hides the commercial exhaust hood. The cooking cupboard has 18th century wooden knobs on the doors and drawers, and reclaimed antique glass to allow the owners to display their collection of antique crystal. To the left of the cooking cupboard is a cherry pantry cupboard with 18th century brass knobs. To the right are a curly maple refrigerator cabinet and a mustard appliance cupboard. All the cabinet countertops are curly maple with a brown stain and an oil finish.
There are several types of hardware in this kitchen. The blackened clothespin wooden knobs on the kitchen island complement its painted finish and curly maple top. On the front of the island are three “homework” pullouts for the kids and a bar seating area on the end. On the back of the island are Fisher & Paykel dishwasher drawers, a stainless sink and a trash pullout.
This is the second kitchen we’ve designed and built in this charming little town.
David T. Smith
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