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Text by Kim Ratcliff
WHIMSY TO SPARE
(a) From the curvy granite backsplash to old dormer
windows that double as cabinet doors, this space combines new ideas
with an old aesthetic
OLD WORLD AURA
(b) To age the new pine cabinets, Sonja used gesso, a
product found in artsupply stores. Flanking the range, are
two beadboard panels she distressed and hung herself. She tucked
vintage bird prints behind the dormer window’s panes and into ‘40s
frames. Wire flowerpot holders stow spices.
HOODWINKED
An old French
coal stove cover hides the
range’s exhaust vent. Decorative screening
adds to
the illusion. Stove, Dacor. Refrigerator, Amana. Dishwasher,
Bosch.
ASK JEEVES
(d) Pop flows freely in the butler’s pantry
(original to
the house), where Sonja’s kids, Justin and
Ashley, hang out. Tin signs
and canisters, including
a breadbox that holds dog food, add to the sodafountain ambiance.
BLUE’S DOs
Rosette napkin holders and kitchen towels ("A no-sew project!") dress up casement windows in the alcove off the butler’s pantry. The
corner cabinets were original to the space, but Sonja swathed them in pale blue in an homage to Scandinavian design. Paint, Benjamin Moore.
SONJA DISHES THE DETAILS
(e) With kitchen guru John Dick at her side,
Sonja thought outside the box when concocting many of her quirky
details. When she had diffi culty mounting a chandelier in her
alcove’s vaulted ceiling, she positioned a TINY BIRDHOUSE with the same
peaked angle into the spot, drilled a hole through it, and hung thefi
xture.
(f) Sonja achieved true BRACKET BLISS when she painted four
corbels she’d "schlepped around for 30 years" and installed them to
hold shelves.
(g) "I didn’t want a typical hood treatment—too
obtrusive," says Sonja, who chose this charming vintage COAL STOVE
FIRESCREEN instead. Its ledge holds Staffordshire figurines.
(h) For the
COOL COOP display walls, Sonja affixed chicken wire to the butler’s
pantry from floor to ceiling, then hammered platter-hanging
hooks directly into the walls.
(i) Refrigerator doors were "faced" and
adorned with BIG, SHOWY HARDWARE to match the heavy confidence of
the cabinetry.
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