In the weekend home of Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey, the design mixes modern appliances with homespun touches.
Gridley+Graves Photographers
When William Morrow (right) and Kent Ozkum bought their small farmhouse in rural Maryland in 2003, the kitchen was not the main draw.
Gordon Beall
The kitchen redo is just part of a larger restoration to Morrow and Ozkum's 1764 farmhouse and the surrounding 30 acres outside Emmitsburg in Frederick County.
Gordon Beall
To make the room seem larger, the couple lowered the floor by eight inches and installed subfloor heating and air conditioning. They bought 19th-century bricks from a Baltimore company that sells salvaged and reclaimed materials.
Gordon Beall
During the renovation process, the plaster was stripped away to reveal gorgeous wood beams and stone.
Gordon Beall
Two mismatched hutches, one painted Pepto-Bismol pink and the other pale mint green, (shown above), stand side by side along one wall.
Gordon Beall
The cabinets are painted a warm country blue and feature X-pattern paneling that echoes the pattern on the barn doors.
Gordon Beall
Mark Furstenberg in his kitchen, designed by Beverly Farrington of Huntsville, Ala., to meet the baker's requirements.
Gordon Beall
Instead of costly custom cabinets, Farrington and Furstenberg chose natural maple cabinets by Aristokraft, available in standard sizes. The upper cabinets were dressed up with a coat of Steely Gray paint by Sherwin-Williams and given frosted-glass fronts. The Spann hardware by Ikea is brushed nickel.
Gordon Beall
Furstenberg's pot lids are lined up on maple racks from the Container Store.
Gordon Beall
Nexel's wall-mounted restaurant-style shelving is easy to clean and is adjustable. Because he has worked in commercial kitchens for decades, Furstenberg wanted to keep that look for his own.
Gordon Beall
Furstenberg wanted two work areas, one for baking and one for cooking. The classic choice, honed Carrara marble, is great for making bread and rolling out pastry. The oak butcher block in the cooking area provides the perfect chopping surface, plus it adds warmth and was economical.
Gordon Beall
The kitchen in Glen Ackerman's 600-square-foot Penn Quarter condo shares the gallery-like look of the rest of the one-bedroom unit.
Geoffrey Hodgdon
Designer Ernesto Santalla worked closely with Ackerman to design the spaces to fit his needs as someone who wanted well-organized storage and who frequently worked at home. "I wanted to have a nice kitchen, even though I am not a cook," says Ackerman.
Geoffrey Hodgdon
Erin Pitts's kitchen on Gibson Island on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. For Christmas, the house is filled with fragrant greens and branches she cuts nearby.
Darko Zagar
Interior designer Raji Radhakrishnan has a no-doors policy for her kitchen cabinets, which shows off a collection of white dinnerware.
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Gray painted cabinets, stainless-steel appliances and two-inch-thick honed Carrara marble countertops in the kitchen of Loi Thai, co-owner of Bethesda's Tone on Tone, which specializes in 18th- and 19th-century painted Swedish antiques.
Gordon Beall
Todd DeGarmo, chief executive of Studios Architecture, an international design and architecture firm with a D.C. office, sited the kitchen in the center of his house and created a butler's-pantry feel in the large space.
Gordon Beall
Lauren and Kevin Russell, owners of Severna Park-based Russell & Mackenna, in their kitchen with their three daughters. The bright space features chalkboards for notes and the girls' scribbles.
Geoffrey Hodgdon
Casey Patten's kitchen in his Northeast Washington apartment above his store, Taylor Gourmet. The cabinets are from Ikea.
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The backsplash in Casey Patten's kitchen was made from ceramic tiles, purchased for $2.99 a square foot from a seller on eBay.
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Chef Ris Lacoste feeds her dog in her Glover Park home. "I have what I need where I need it," she says of her kitchen.
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The backsplash is a showstopping focal point made up of circle-shaped tiles homeowner Paula Jacobson found for her kitchen remodel at Architectural Ceramics in Rockville.
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The vibrant-colored chairs for this island seating area were kept at dining-table height for homeowner Paula Jacobson, a part-time cooking instructor who has arthritis and fibromyalgia.
Kevin Allen-For The Washington Post
This kitchen from Christopher Peacock Cabinetry's Scullery Collection was designed for a client in the Hamptons. It is painted in Scullery White from Christopher Peacock Paint.
Simon Upton
The D.C. Italian embassy kitchen was given a massive update by Arclinea, the Ferrari of kitchen design.
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The Italian Embassy kitchen before its renovation.
Arclinea
Lila Castellaneta, wife of Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta, puts her own touches on centerpieces at Villa Firenze kitchen.
Gordon Beall-The Washington Post
Floral centerpieces are set out on one of the kitchen's center islands.
Gordon Beall-The Washington Post
A photo of Alberto Sordi from the movie "Un Americano a Roma" hangs in the kitchen.
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Wine is set out for a dinner party at the Italian Embassy.
Gordon Beall-For The Washington Post
Residence chef Roberto Grazioli prepares risotto.
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The buffet at a recent dinner at Villa Firenze, the Italian Embassy, is served in the updated kitchen.
Gordon Beall -For The Washington Post
Owner of several local restaurants, Geoff Tracy is a minimalist at home in his sleek, modern kitchen.
Len Spoden-For The Washington Post
The design of the butler's pantry began with a limestone basin kitchen designer Jennier Gilmer found at Arc Stone in Capitol Heights. She chose copper for the countertops (it complemented the basin) and knotty cherry cabinetry (with real stone pulls) to conceal built-in appliances, storage and a pull-out butcher block drawer "for slicing limes."
Len Spoden-Freelance
Connie Caldwell's tiny galley kitchen inside her Capitol Hill home proves that small can be efficient.
Ricky Carioti-TWP
Connie Caldwell's newly renovated galley-style kitchen features space-saving details, such as a washing machine and dryer hidden behind a cabinet.
Ricky Carioti-TWP
Susan and Myron Myer's Rockville kitchen was designed based on a very popular kitchen in the movie "Something's Gotta Give."
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Matthew Dyckman and Kirsten Madison's kitchen in Alexandria, Va., features countertops free of clutter and appliances. This creative lazy susan allows them to store many of their appliances under the counter.
McInturff Architects
Matthew Dyckman and Kirsten Madison hired FORMA design to gut the interior of their 1959 ranch house and make it open and modern.
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Matthew Dyckman and Kirsten Madison had to get creative about where to put items like plates, which are shown here stored in a cabinet.
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Former White House Chef Chris Comerford's likes her Columbia, Md., kitchen, because it's an integral part of the home's living space.
Kevin Allen
The newly renovated kitchen in the Potomac home of Laurence and Michel Richard features Kitchen Aid appliances, granite countertops and custom cabinetry.
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A feature that Laurence Richard is proud of in her newly renovated kitchen, is the vertical drawer that stores cooking oils and condiments next to the cooking top.
Ricky Carioti
In the compact kitchen of Kelly and Rick Stieff in Deep Creek Lake, the barn-red cabinets have Modern Objects hardware in a pewter finish in the shape of twigs, branches and leaves.
A spacious, upscale kitchen design by Bethesda architect Mark McInturff.
McInturff Architects
Designer Ondine Karady's dining room/kitchen area in her Logan Circle condo.
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A tiled countertop and wooden cabinets in the re-modeled home and office space of architect Rob Morris, known for his Arts & Crafts and bungalow homes.
Lois Raimondo-The Washington Post
In Marilyn Stern's 11-foot-wide home in Georgetown,
antique Chinese court doors bought at a local auction provide a classy front for the Ikea cabinets in her kitchen.
Kevin Allen
The kitchen opens directly into the 35x35-foot atrium of a model home in Poquoson, Va.
Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor, Producer Troy Witcher
Text Editor Janet Bennett Kelly
