Steal This Look: A Rustic Modern Kitchen in the Netherlands

Here’s a kitchen we love that never gets old:

At Jan de Jong Interieur in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, designer Christien Starkenburg built out a modern kitchen with a white, charcoal, and pale gray palette with a rustic curtained sink. Here, we dig into matched and similar sources to re-create the look, as fresh today as when we first spotted it.

Kitchen photographs by Anna de Leeuw, courtesy of Jan de Jong Interieur.

Above: A table by Starkenburg’s furniture company SlowWood in the foreground. Above: The small kitchen counter has handmade tile, custom cabinetry, concrete counters, and a linen curtain. Above: A pale blue-gray tiled backsplash. Above: The curtain conceals the under-sink area and softens the otherwise hard-edged space. For more, see Kitchen of the Week: The Curtained Kitchen, Dutch Modern Edition.

Materials

Above: Benjamin Moore’s Super White paint is a good match for the walls. Above: Cabinets are painted in a dark gray-blue paint similar to Farrow & Ball’s Railings. Above: The handmade backsplash tiles are by local Friesland tile specialists Albarello (now part of Dijkstra Friese Kleiwarenfabriek). Above: The concrete countertop in Starkenburg’s kitchen was poured on site. For more, see our post Remodeling 101: Concrete Countertops.

Furniture

Above: Starkenburg’s furniture workshop, SlowWood, makes the pale Grut 8 Oval oak table. Above: Starkenburg selected the darker color combinations of the Jean Prouvé Standard Chair—seen here in Dark Oak and Deep Black—for the dining room; $1,350 at Design Within Reach. Above: The Prouvé Standard Chair in Dark Oak and Japanese Red; $1,350 at Design Within Reach. Above: The Prouvé Standard Chair in Black Walnut and Deep Black; $1,350 at Design Within Reach.

Above: Hans Wegner’s Sawbuck Chair from Carl Hansen in walnut and oak is $1,855 at Danish Design Store.

Lighting

Above: The Lampe Gras N 2222 Wall Light is available to order from A+R (from $745). Above: Zangra makes white bakelite and porcelain European wall Switch Systems.

Faucets & Fixtures

Above: The Chicago Faucet Hot and Cold Water Sink Faucet is available for $469.44 at Chicago Faucets. Above: Kohler’s Undertone 23-Inch Under-Mount Single-Bowl Kitchen Sink is $899.10.

Storage

Above: For a curtain rod, source wood dowel rods from Amazon, Home Depot, and Baird Brothers Sawmill. Above: You can source washed linen fabric like this Ivory Linen Fabric for $42 per yard at Linen Shed or at any fabric supply shop. Or, cut up a linen bedsheet that’s served its time. (Need more inspiration? See Sink Skirt Revival: 16 Fresh Examples of a New Old Trend.)

Accessories

Above: The Swedish Höganäs Teapot in a dark gray stoneware with a wood lid can be found via secondhand sites. Above: Fog Linen’s Kitchen Cloth: Minnie is $16. Above: The Iittala Aalto Vase in Salmon Pink Glass is $260 at Lumens. Above: The Duralex Picardie Clear Tumbler is a kitchen classic; find a set of six for $36 at Williams-Sonoma. For more on the Picardie, see our post Object Lessons: Iconic Cafe Ware from Duralex. Above: The Futagami Brass Tool Holder can also be used as a flower vase on a dining table; $310 at Nalata Nalata. Above: The 6.1.2 Hole Slab Long Walnut Board is $198 CAD via Atkindon’s Vancouver.

For more creative kitchens with sources, sleuthed, see our posts:

• Steal This Look: A Scandi-Style Kitchen in a Canadian Cabin
• Steal This Look: Smart Storage in a Swedish Kitchen
• Steal This Look: Designer Lauren Soloff’s Colorful LA Kitchen
• Steal This Look: A Star London Chef’s Kitchen

N.B.: This story originally ran on November 22, 2016 and has been updated with new products, links, and pricing.