Marblehead, MA · 2024 · Coastal Kitchens
Marblehead Harborfront
Coastal Luxury
A portrait of the project
Marblehead Harborfront sits in Marblehead, MA — a coastal luxury kitchen built around the architecture, the light, and the way this family actually lives. A harbor-facing home with extraordinary light, but a closed-off galley kitchen that turned its back on the view.
The challenge
A harbor-facing home with extraordinary light, but a closed-off galley kitchen that turned its back on the view. The owners wanted to host casually without sacrificing the room's calm.
The solution
We opened the kitchen to the water, anchored it with a 12ft white-oak island, and used a soft chalk palette to let the harbor light do the work. A back kitchen handles the mess.
Architect's approach
How we designed it.
We treated light as the primary material. The plan opens the kitchen to the water, the palette is held to a narrow band of warm neutrals, and the reflective surfaces are calibrated so the room glows rather than glares. The harbor does most of the design work; we simply got out of its way.
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About the style
Coastal Kitchens.
Coastal kitchens are calibrated to shoreline light. Chalk and oat palettes, soft white oak, honed quartzite, alabaster lighting — surfaces chosen for the way Atlantic light moves across them through the day. The room becomes a quiet frame for the view.
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What it's made of.
- · Rift white-oak island with chalk-painted perimeter
- · Honed Taj Mahal quartzite
- · Alabaster pendants
- · Thermador induction with downdraft ventilation
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