{"id":2592,"date":"2025-08-07T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/08\/07\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-waste-conscious-remodel-inspired-by-the-colors-at-burning-man\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:06:00","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-a-waste-conscious-remodel-inspired-by-the-colors-at-burning-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-waste-conscious-remodel-inspired-by-the-colors-at-burning-man\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00fcche der Woche: Eine abfallbewusste Neugestaltung, inspiriert von den Farben des Burning Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cIf I can\u2019t make it, I will buy vintage or reclaimed,\u201d designer Francesca Gaskin told The Modern House, where we first spotted her personality-filled home in Bristol, England. True to her word, her kitchen is an artful amalgam of DIY, secondhand, and re-use.<\/p>\n

Sustainability was the motivating force behind her design decisions. \u201cThe only way to ensure the longevity of the space and the objects you bring into it is to invest in timeless design, and products that have been manufactured in a sustainable way,\u201d she said. \u201cMore than ever, when you are designing a house you need to consider its impact on the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another inspiration? The Burning Man festival. \u201cThe kitchen is based on a photograph I took at Burning Man festival, which I\u2019ve been going to for 10 years,\u201d she said. \u201cI matched the color of the floorboards to the color of the white playa dust that I brought back from the desert. The kitchen units are made from steel and are the same pinky-orange as a shipping container in the photograph. I left the walls as bare plaster to represents the mountains that surround the playa, but the corners of the room and the cornicing I painted blue to evoke the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n

We recently asked Francesca, who not long ago launched environmentally conscious interior design company Jetsam Made, to share the other secrets behind her striking kitchen remodel.<\/p>\n

Die Fotos wurden mit freundlicher Genehmigung von The Modern House zur Verf\u00fcgung gestellt.<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cI designed and did the joinery and had the steel frame fabricated,\u201d Francesca says of the unique kitchen cabinets. \u201cI now have a workshop where I design and make them for clients. We do steel and wood fabrications, mostly kitchens and furniture.\u201d (Go to Jetsam Made for more info.)
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Above: The cabinet fronts are made of birch plywood; the handles are from Ikea. \u201cI painted the original floor with emulsion paint (color matched to a sample of Playa sand brought back from Burning Man) and varnished with Bona Mega,\u201d she shares.,

Above: There are three rice paper pendant lights by Hay, in various sizes, in the space.
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Above: The plastered walls were painted with limewash. The blue is Little Green Paint Company\u2019s Brighton 203. The orange paint is RAL 3022.
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Above: Francesca lived in the house for six months before she committed to a remodel, which started and finished all during the pandemic. The picture window behind her is one of the few structural changes she made.
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Above: \u201cI built the banquette myself,\u201d she tells us. \u201cThe bricks were sourced from eBay and are vintage, and it\u2019s a Birch plywood surround.\u201d The kitchen table was also a DIY project.
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Above: The palette in the kitchen is inspired by the drive through the desert to Burning Man: the cactuses, the green horizon, the yellow road markings. \u201cI go for the community, the culture, and the positive it brings to the world year-round,\u201d she says of the annual festival. <\/p>\n

For more colorful kitchens, see:<\/p>\n