Whether you’re planning a big holiday soiree or keeping Kosher during Hanukkah, the holiday season accelerates how much and how often we cook and entertain. While having two kitchens is the ideal solution, designing separate spaces to cater to all your culinary needs—but cohesive enough to exist under the same roof—can feel like a tall order. Ralph Edwards, eggersmann Florida designer, took on this unique challenge for this Florida home.
“Both kitchens were originally designed by the client’s interior design team with a more traditional look,” he explains. “The client [wife] came into the showroom and fell in love with our modern, sleek kitchens. She wanted to change the original design to get a modern look. After much back and forth, everyone settled on a transitional look.”
With help from his client’s design team, who established the materials and color palette used, Edwards sought to create individual spaces that are “fully functional on their own.” Though each kitchen is filled with essential appliances, the primary kitchen is designed to be where the family cooks and enjoys meals daily. “The main kitchen is open to the great room and can be seen from the main entry,” he shares. “It was also important to make sure it looks good from all angles keeping a balance of form and function.”
The main kitchen design is thoroughly modern with visual ties to the scullery with the use of the same walnut veneer and countertops. Edwards juxtaposed the primary kitchen’s white front-slab cabinetry and warm walnut accents to deliver a modern aesthetic. “Every walnut door, panel, and molding are grain-matched floor-to-ceiling giving an uninterrupted grain pattern,” he adds. Double pocket doors deftly masquerade appliances like an ice maker and coffee machine while the large center island and the Galley workstation sink is suitable for meal prepping and quick bites alike.
Head through a small hallway swathed in the same walnut to enter the scullery. Though Edwards did opt for a traditional look with shaker-style cabinetry coated in a light gray lacquer and hexagonal marble tiles for the backsplash, the oversized tile format, elongated sleek steel handles, and hidden appliances assure a transitional design to complement the more modern main kitchen.
“The scullery is really more of the workhorse,” Edwards explains. “It is where the staff can prepare daily meals, but its main function is for preparing food and staging décor for large parties and catered events.” For Edwards, it was important to make the space intuitive for chefs and caterers.
“[We added] some glass-front doors to make it easier for caterers and staff who are not working there regularly to find items without having to open doors,” Ralph explained. He also added gourmet dreamer’s appliances such as a Suvie drawer and vacuum sealer.
Amazingly, the measuring, design, and custom manufacturing processes eggersmann employs makes it possible to order and install all these kitchens’ materials including the walnut columns and headers to exact sizes without any on-site cutting during installation. In fact, the scullery’s elaborate compound crown molding is installed in front of the wall and cabinetry like an applique—no fillers required.
Regardless of which kitchen these lucky homeowners choose to use, eggersmann’s custom solutions and unparalleled quality is built to offer a functional and fashionable feast.
See more two-kitchen designs by eggersmann here.
Interior Design by Marc-Michaels
Construction team Ellemar Enterprises
Photos by Lindsey Tanner of Living Proof Real Estate Photography
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