Category
Kitchen
Location
Queens, NY
Year
2025
Scope
Full kitchen design, handleless two-tone cabinetry, quartz specification, appliance integration, installation
The brief was deceptively simple: white above, charcoal below. The challenge was making that division feel inevitable rather than arbitrary. The horizon line sits precisely at worktop height — the transition concealed within the stone — so the room reads as two independent elements that simply belong together.
Upper cabinets are lacquered in warm white with a satin sheen; lower units in a deep charcoal with a matte finish that absorbs light where the uppers reflect it. The island repeats the language in miniature — charcoal plinth, white waterfall quartz top. Push-to-open mechanisms eliminate all visible hardware, preserving the graphic clarity of the palette.
Materials
- Warm white lacquer upper cabinets, satin finish
- Deep charcoal lacquer lower cabinets, matte finish
- Waterfall white quartz island top
- Push-to-open Servo-Drive mechanisms
- Polished concrete floor tiles
Key Features
- Precise horizon-line colour division at worktop
- Contrasting finish sheens — satin upper, matte lower
- Full appliance integration behind panel doors
- Handleless push-to-open throughout
- Two-tone island echoing perimeter palette
"The restraint of using only two tones is what makes it feel so expensive. Everything that should be hidden is hidden."
Dr. Priya Chandra
Queens, New York