Three Fabulous Kitchens

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September/October 2004
By Carol Venolia 
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CABINETS: The sink cabinet is made of wheatboard (medium-density fiberboard made of wheat straw) with driftwood handles. The drawer edges are colored with plant dyes, each in a different color to elicit surprise.

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COUNTERTOP AND BACKSPLASH: Remnant pieces of green marble are pieced together to form the countertop; the backsplash mosaic is made of tumbled, recycled glass. “The backsplash is fun,” says Marsea. “It’s my favorite part of the kitchen because it makes me laugh.”

FLOORING: The main kitchen area has bamboo flooring, which also graces the walls of the laundry room. In the pantry and laundry, the flooring is flagstone; recycled glass, shells, and jewelry are whimsically pressed into the grout lines.

SHELVES, CUTTING BOARD, AND LAUNDRY COUNTER: Paul Nice crafted shelves and counters out of salvaged, whorled redwood that was milled with the tree’s outer edge intact, giving the front edges a sinuous, fluted character.

CEILING: “Raising the ceiling was totally uplifting,” says Marsea. Nice finished the newly sloping ceiling with sustainably forested pine to complement the bamboo and wood.

PANTRY: The pantry doors have sustainably forested redwood frames, with insets of handwoven, hand-dyed indigo fabric from a friend’s village in Burkina Faso.

LIGHT FIXTURES: Marsea mixed reclaimed brass fixtures with custom-made pendant lights of handspun copper.

PAINT: The newly exposed walls and curvaceous archways were blessed with a coat of plant-based BioShield paint.

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