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White kitchens help to create a crisp,
clean look for a family living area. But
that’s often where any similarity between
white kitchens ends.
And the reason is simple – white is
the perfect backdrop for a variety of color
accents that may be introduced through
materials, products or accessories.
For example, this family kitchen by
designer Renae Keller avoids a sterile, allwhite look through the innovative use of
color and form. Keller says the kitchen,
which is in a new house, needed to have

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a modern, clean-lined look to complement
the contemporary architecture.
“An all-white kitchen would have been
too stark, however,” the designer says. “So
we introduced a subway tile backsplash in
a warm putty color, with a crackle glaze.
This has a little more of a traditional feel,
yet it works with the classic, square-edged
design of the cabinetry.”
Keller says rail and stile doors on the
cabinets also help to soften the look, so it is
neither too clinical nor too ornate.
But it is the finishing touches that

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really raise the kitchen out of the ordinary.
Two sculptural LZF light fixtures featuring a ribbon-like wood veneer pigmented
in a gray shade are suspended above the
island. The dining table is also highlighted
– by a Bocci pendant light comprising 14
borosilicate glass globes.
“The lighting creates a focal point
within the large, open-plan living space,
which has 9ft ceilings,” says Keller. “The
pendants have a round, organic feel that
is another nice contrast to the crisp, square
lines of the cabinetry.”