Here’s the kitchen of Western View…
The cabinets were made by my crew using left-over pieces of vintage heart-pine and antique glass panes that we gathered from salvaged window sashes.
We even made a “wood refrigerator”… can you spot it?
The countertop and the flooring are all soapstone that was harvested locally down in Nelson County… the countertop is a rare grade of soapstone known as “black serpentine”.
The kitchen blends into the dining room and allows the cook to easily address any new guests entering through “the door that Walt Whitman once used”. Every new visitor always enters in amazement, full of questions, and anxious for a tour of the house.
Of course the real draw that pulls everyone to the kitchen is the cook and what she/he is cooking, but second to that is the cooking fireplace. Built at countertop height and often in use it opens a new/old dimension to cooking. My words cannot describe how much an open fire adds to the atmosphere of this room.
I believe that of all of the kitchens I ever built, that this one is my favorite.
Originally posted 2015-03-01 15:08:46.