Kitchen of the Week: Hardware Store Finds and Thoughtful Storage for a Professional Chef
We didn’t know anything about the clients when we approached Andrea Conti and Isabel Cert—of Barcelona design firm Conti Cert (a perennial favorite among Remodelista editors)—about a recent kitchen project that captured our hearts. There was something about its mix of industrial functionality, mid-century lines, and clever storage that we all responded to. Turns out, the home kitchen is for a professional chef and his partner, a children’s librarian.
But of course. We have a well-documented weakness for kitchens designed for and by chefs (for examples of other cooks’ kitchens we’ve covered, scroll to the end).
Below, Conti Cert designer Celia Muñoz shows us around.
Photography by Claudia Mauriño, courtesy of Conti Cert.
Above: “The clients are a family of five who were already living in the Barcelona flat but wanted to give it new character through the redesign of the kitchen and bathrooms,” says Muñoz. “Our focus was to update the spaces while maintaining continuity with the rest of the apartment, which has a lot of personality thanks to the clients. The 1900s building also has some industrial character with metal beams.”
Above: “As one of the clients is a chef, we wanted to design a kitchen that could handle intensive daily use and support his professional cooking needs,” says Muñoz of the 1-cm-thick stainless steel countertops and backsplash. Cabinets with sliding doors allow the clients to keep contents concealed or displayed. Narrow open shelves bookmarking this stretch hold spices and other frequently used items. The rail and hooks for tools were purchased at the local hardware store.
Above: The kitchen cabinets are made up of Formica fronts in a pine frame; “we wanted to contrast both materials,” says Muñoz. Next to the Liebherr refrigerator is more thoughtful storage: a slim shelving tower with room for wine cubbies as well as produce drawers. The little glass lamp at left is the Fragile light by Jaume Ramirez.
Above: Muñoz’s favorite element is this little breakfast corner with its all-wood cabinets. Both the Basica M2 lamp and the Fontana pendant light are by Santa & Cole.
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