Luxurious Traditional Kitchen Ideas

Often traditional style kitchens can be a bit too stately or formal, which doesn't promote their true nature of being the heart of the home. We love traditional kitchens that exude a warm and welcoming spirit. Characteristics of these charming kitchens include inviting color schemes, plentiful pattern, a myriad of finishes, lots of tactile-friendly textures and bountiful lighting. If you spend alot of time in the kitchen preparing meals, enjoying them with family and friends or simply lingering over that first cup of morning coffee, then you'll certainly want to design a kitchen you'll feel most at home in. We've gathered a few kitchens here that we feel have many of those inviting qualities.

Parisian Pad

As the design world descends on Paris for Maison & Objet, we revisit our feature on Patrick Perrin. The PAD art fair co-founder and fourth-generation Parisian art dealer has filled his apartment with inherited treasures and modern finds, creating a serene and soigné home in a Saint-Germain building that has been in his family for nearly 100 years.

Refreshing Apartment Design Overlooking Sarah Roosevelt Park in New York, USA

Buro Koray Duman Architects completed the renovation of a 750 square foot apartment with a bold and sculptural character, The architects converted the initial three-bedroom dark space  from the 1980 into a one-bedroom home with plenty of light and a flexible layout. Located on the corner of the 5th floor of a tenement building overlooking Sarah Roosevelt Park in New York, USA, the apartment offers extensive city views. Its interior is divided by a sculptural wave-like wall that houses the laundry, storage and the powder room.

1884 Caviar Warehouse Transformed Into Spectacular Loft in New York

Architect Andrew Franz  converted a former caviar warehouse into a spectacular loft. Originally built in 1884, the building is located in Manhattan’s landmarked Tribeca North area and displays authenticity throughout. This residential project presented in the photos below is a renovation of the 3,000-square-feet top floor and roof. With flexible living in mind, the architects envisioned open entertaining spaces and an great connection with the outdoors.

Gorgeous heritage buildings unveiled at Yonge condo

After three years of painstaking heritage restoration, the scaffolding has finally come down on a row of century-old storefronts on Yonge St.

5 Houses That Put a Modern Twist on Exposed Brick

While the thought of exposed brick might call to mind a hole-in-the-wall Italian bistro, there are a lot of ways that this classic look can be incorporated into a modern space. The five homes in this post range from the dark and sleek to sunny and welcoming but each uses the unique texture and feel of exposed brick to create a space that's truly special.

Gold is Chic and Modern: Brass Fixtures to Upgrate your Kitchen

Yanic Simard, the talented Canadian interior designer, recently renovated his kitchen. With a totally functional layout, the space didn’t need a drastic makeover. But according to the designer, the kitchen did feel dull, therefore needed an upgrade. It’s the feeling you get once you get too used to a certain thing. It becomes mundane and then, out of the sudden, it doesn’t feel interesting anymore.