The Kitchen at Our Brentwood Modern Elegant Remodel

The Brentwood kitchen is named for its contrast: noir and gold, the combination that gives a modern-elegant kitchen its identity and its staying power. Every material decision in this kitchen exists to maintain that contrast or to resolve it gracefully, and none of them hedge.

Paint-grade Shaker Recessed Panel cabinetry in Ebony on the island and accent positions provides the noir. Ebony is the name that earns the kitchen its description: a deep, rich black with the depth that comes from a high-quality painted finish rather than a dark stain or a factory laminate. Soft White on the perimeter cabinetry keeps the room luminous and ensures that the Ebony reads as dramatic rather than heavy. The Shaker Recessed Panel profile is the correct door geometry for a modern-elegant kitchen: clean enough to read as contemporary, crafted enough to read as considered.

Corian Quartz Calcutta Natural on the countertops provides the horizontal surfaces in a white quartz with soft grey veining and enough movement to prevent the countertops from reading as flat. The veining connects naturally to the Soft White cabinetry above and below it, and the warm overtones in Calcutta Natural bridge the distance between the Soft White perimeter and the Ebony island. Crafted Snow Gloss 2 x 10 backsplash tile lines the wall in a bright, elongated format with a gloss finish that catches and bounces light into the kitchen from the backsplash surface. Against Ebony lower cabinetry, a bright gloss white backsplash creates the visual separation that prevents the dark cabinetry from making the room feel closed-in.

The Kohler Pull-Down faucet in Vibrant Brushed Moderne Brass provides the gold. Moderne Brass is a warm, brushed gold finish that reads as sophisticated rather than showy: the kind of metallic that earns the word elegant. The Elkay Crosstown Gauge Workstation Sink provides the kitchen's primary basin with the integrated ledger system that a working kitchen requires: a sink that organizes the workflow of a household that actually cooks.