The Insider: Details Add Charme to the new Park Helling Kitchen

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A great -scaled Brownstone became another family house when the daughter of the homeowners with her young family returned to live on two top floors. They would need a kitchen and existing sanitary facilities were at its best rudimentary. So the first task was to perform new lines under the floor, opposite the head stack on the other side of the house, so that the greatest care was needed to crack historic wooden paneling and plaster corners in the rooms.

Then the nice part came. “When we met for the first time, they did not know how much a dedication to design,” said Ethan Pomerance, an architect-based architect who opened his own practice, EPA+After a few years as a project designer at Made Design/Build in Red Hook. “They didn’t know how long they would live there. I said, tell me everything you would like to do, because you may be here for 10 years.”

His client put together images of kitchens that she liked, some with ceramic tiles. “The idea for Delft tiles with painted scenes was based on an image in her PDF collage. Architecture should not be afraid to be beautiful,” Pomerance said.

The Backsplash, which resulted, led to the soft palette of the kitchen, including a spotted terrazzo controller, warm wooden floors and oat-colored wall paint. The key in particular was the choice of Benjamin Moore’s Buckston Blue for the upper cupboards and the rounded stove hood, a sculptural object and focal point.

The location of the chimney breast dictated the placement of the hob and the sink. Instead of disturbing existing cornice by allowing cupboards to run to the ceiling and to maintain the exaltation of the space, Pomerance raised the top as horizontal, shorter and wider than normal, with sliding doors that can be left open to show the collection of its customers.

Rear adjusted panels on the left, a 42-inch wide fridge/freezer is distinguished by wavy pulls, just like the wood cabinets of the wood.

The contractor has planned the time for the customer to put tiles on the floor and play with the design of the Backsplash.

Pomerance emitted the chimney breast 1.5 inches on either side, making it deeper than normal counters.

A new stair rail with wavy spindles leads to a roof terrace.

[Photos by Tina Tyrell]

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