10/7/2023 0 Comments Flat is a status symbol![]() Viking Ranges is the company that in 1987 nearly single-handedly led the stainless-steel appliance invasion. Take a closer look at shelter magazines and interior designers’ social-media feeds and you’ll see a new kind of luxury larder is generating buzz: one that’s riskier with color, accessorized by surfaces that visibly wear and age and, above all, more personal and idiosyncratic. Though the clinical white-and-stainless-steel look has reigned for decades, with its aura of the professional chef’s kitchen and promise of cleanliness, a backlash is growing. Messes and marks might happen, but I would proudly call them patina-and enjoy my moody blue counter. Never mind that the surface was prone to staining: I had to have it. ![]() Inky and imperfect, it struck me as the antidote to the morgue-like expanse of white marble that greeted me each time I scrolled Pinterest for kitchen-design ideas. ![]() Recently, in the midst of renovating my Brooklyn row house’s kitchen, I developed a crush on a slab of stone called pietra del cardosa, a dark blue sandstone with pale whorls like cosmic dust. After decades of all-white palettes and clinical stainless steel, the rise of charismatic, hue-infused kitchen design is helping plucky homeowners stand out from the dreary pack ![]()
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