short, opinionated tips on the parts of a kitchen most people overlook. published when there’s something worth saying.
pots are heavy. drawers slide. cabinets require you to kneel.
venetian or limewash. it photographs the way kitchens are supposed to photograph.
not always. but more often than you’d think. a 12 ft galley with a sink at one end and a hood at the other is faster to cook in.
it lets the cabinet read like a piece of furniture, sitting on the floor instead of meeting it. the eye reads space, not seam.
recessed, baffled, vented through the roof. the wall is for tile. or for nothing.
it should sit behind a panel that matches the cabinet face — not behind a louvered door pretending to be a trash cabinet.