Everything That Can Be Wished For
This large kitchen was designed to welcome a crowd
by Home In Canada Editors
The entire kitchen is bathed in natural light. The dinette table and chairs are by Canadian furniture manufacturer Dinec.
The owners of this home wanted a big kitchen. But that was just the beginning of their wish list for the space. They also wanted a large pantry, a bakery section, a sizable dinette table and an island that could seat 10. That's right, 10.
That was the challenge. And to meet it required a step-by-step plan, says Nancy Ouellet, the chief designer with Club Cuisine BCBG in Laval, which designed and built the kitchen. "We worked the kitchen by zones," Ouellet explains.
Cuisine ; Domicile de James Mashtoube, Sainte-Dorothee ; 2015-06-08 – Photo : Yves Lefebvre/TVA Publications
The first step was to position the essential items: the professional-grade Wolf gas cooktop, a large Sub-Zero refrigerator, and the sink.
The next step was to establish where the biggest elements would go – namely the island, dinette table and bakery zone.
The island, which measures five by 18 feet, is topped by two matching slabs of marble. The glass-panelled door closest to the wall opens to a walk-in pantry, while the bakery zone is behind the glass door to the left of the panelled Sub-Zero refrigerator.
Then, all the details were factored in. And there were many, including the alcove above the refrigerator, an architectural element that complements the high ceiling, the small convection oven built into one end of the island, the custom-made hood over the range, and the glass-fronted cellier de vin, which serves as a focal point when viewed from the living room.
The style of the lighting fixtures (from Royaume Luminaire in Terrebonne) is echoed by the custom-built stove hood.
But let's get back to the bakery zone. It is actually a kitchen within a kitchen, Ouellet says. The homeowners requested this feature because their teenage daughter is an avid baker. Tucked behind one of the glass-panelled doors beside the refrigerator, it is an eight-by-10-foot workspace that includes two ovens, counter space, a sink, and storage area. It also serves as a butler's pantry that offers access to the dining room.
The walk-in pantry is found behind another glass-panelled door on the opposite side of the refrigerator. It, too, is an elegantly finished eight-by10-foot space with a marble countertop.
The eight-by-10-foot walk-in pantry boasts wood shelving and a marble countertop.
It was a must-have for the homeowners.
The enormous island, which measures five feet wide by 18 feet long and contains a prep sink, is topped with two slabs of marble that have been impeccably matched so that the veins of the stone align perfectly, creating a stunning effect given its size, Ouellet says.
And the flooring – large white marble tiles – are the same ones that clad the surface of the home's entire ground floor.
Ouellet, who designed all of the home's interior, describes the kitchen as "contemporary and timeless," adding that the room highlights the architecture and design of the rest of the house. •
Club Cuisine BCBG
www.clubcuisinebcbg.com
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