Q: We love the black, embossed farm sink that you chose to go with in the kitchen. Tell us about it. A: The whole kitchen accent color is black, and you’ve got the beautiful walnut woodwork, the Calcutta quartz with black as the anchoring piece to the whole dynamic. When we bought the house, those beams in the kitchen were painted white and they just kind of disappeared into the ceiling but I wasn’t going to do a faux finish and I didn’t want take them down, so the obvious choice was to paint them a darker color to make them stand out so we went with black and tied that in with the black on the fireplace. The black accents on the windows were also a big inspiration and the sink is really the one thing on the island that is the accent point. They’re touches of black throughout that make it not so heavy. Q: When we were on location and behind-the-scenes a few months ago, you had discovered an old wine cellar in what is now the kitchen in which you decided to build a banquette in that nook. Why build the nook in that area? A: Budget always plays a part in everything we do, unfortunately, I wish that it didn’t.
The mammoth island in the kitchen leads your eye to the original French doors and arched windows with a stained-glass crest.
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