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"  Frances Schultz: Something tells me there&amp;#039;s a serious cook in this kitchen. Nicole Hough: We&amp;#039;re all pretty serious about cooking. My husband and I both cook, and so do our four- and seven-year-old daughters. What do they make? Oh, they bake bread, make pizza dough...they&amp;#039;re learning a lot at a really young age. There&amp;#039;s a charming blend here of homey and crisply efficient.  Our house is a 1905 American foursquare. We&amp;#039;ve been working on it for years, to bring it back to its former glory. I designed the kitchen to bring it back in line with the period of the house \u2014 while updating with modern conveniences \u2014 and to make it family-friendly and highly organized. I wanted the pots hanging and the dishes exposed. This way everything is at your fingertips and is easy to put away. It drives me crazy to be digging around looking for something when I&amp;#039;m cooking. You&amp;#039;ve hung your pots and pans in an unusual and striking way. I started with the idea of a pot rack over the island, but I realized it would be too crowded with pots and pans hanging there, since the kitchen isn&amp;#039;t very wide. So we hung them on the walls \u2014 a little like Julia Child did when she outlined them on pegboard. But what about the stuff you do want to hide? I designed the large armoire for that. The top part is for food supplies and pantry items, and the lower area contains cookie cutters and baking stuff in clear boxes. Drawers are for napkins, place mats, and aprons, and then there are 20 apothecary drawers for keys, sunglasses, and odds and ends. There&amp;#039;s a bottom row of drawers for the kids. This is family-central all day. Is the armoire freestanding? It&amp;#039;s built-in but made to look freestanding.  The legs on the cabinets give them the look of furniture, too. And it&amp;#039;s interesting how you&amp;#039;ve mixed painted and stained woods. The house&amp;#039;s original woodwork is chestnut, but it&amp;#039;s impossible to find anymore. The armoire, the floor, and the door and window trim are oak with a chestnut stain.  That&amp;#039;s a pretty sizable island. It&amp;#039;s nine by three feet, so yes, it&amp;#039;s big. The seating on one side is great for kids and guests, and on the other side there are four pull-out baskets for produce, a mixer stand on a lift that I use nearly every day, a slot for trays and cutting boards standing up, my knife drawer, and a second oven, a Viking. What other amenities did you add? One of our favorites is the built-in, plumbed coffeemaker. Another is a toe-kick unit connected to a central vacuum system that makes cleaning really easy.  That&amp;#039;s about as modern and convenient as it gets. What more could I ask for? This is the best kitchen imaginable. GET THE LOOK... CornuF\u00E9 Albertine range: lacornueusa.com.  Contemporary Series hood: ventahood.com.  Pot racks: rogar.com.  Sub-Zero refrigerator: subzero-wolf.com.  Chalkboard panels: nyblackboard.com.  Cabinetry: wood-mode.com.  Axor Citterio Semi-Pro faucet: hansgrohe-usa.com.  Ladd&amp;#039;s Addition chandeliers: rejuvenation.com.  Vintage Toledo barstools and Bistro cabinetry hardware: restorationhardware.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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