{"id":2571,"date":"2025-06-26T03:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/06\/26\/kitchen-of-the-week-life-imitates-art-in-a-swedish-painters-new-kitchen\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T03:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:25:16","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-life-imitates-art-in-a-swedish-painters-new-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/kitchen-of-the-week-life-imitates-art-in-a-swedish-painters-new-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen of the Week: Life Imitates Art in a Swedish Painter\u2019s New Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6285328677615799925.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">    <\/p>\n<p>Swedish painter Emma Bernhard\u2018s kitchen is much like her art: minimalist, bold, honest, with a fondness for black. Known for her large-scale works featuring evocative black brush strokes, Emma collaborated with Nordiska K\u00f6k to design the space, choosing the firm\u2019s streamlined Valchromat cabinets for a sleek look that offsets the natural warmth of the home\u2019s pine plywood walls.<\/p>\n<p>The company notes another similarity between Emma\u2019s kitchen, which is composed of three parts (a row of tall cabinets, a row of lower cabinets, plus an island), and her artwork: \u201cThis combination of three bodies can perhaps be drawn as a parallel to Bernhard\u2019s art, where she likes to work within the framework of three repetitions, whether it is three components in her sculptures or three steps in her paintings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, you don\u2019t have to be an art graduate to admire her kitchen. Let\u2019s take a tour.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by Osman Tahir, courtesy of Nordiska K\u00f6k.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4759783437603110733.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Emma and her partner Jarl built their house in Torekov on the Bj\u00e4re Peninsula in southern Sweden. It\u2019s a region known for its natural beauty, artfully framed from the inside via wide, rectangular windows.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/795077055827166412.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Emma selected Nordiska K\u00f6k\u2019s Valchromat line of minimalist in-frame cabinets. The counters are a black matte polished granite; the flooring is polished concrete.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5976819845000670395.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Pine plywood benches blend seamlessly into the walls.,<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2439420493533735046.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: In-frame cabinets are an elegant and streamlined design.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7807103790337166263.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Both the faucets (note the different shapes) are from Tapwell.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8470594496202616409.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: A black Smeg Dolce Stil Novo oven adds to the kitchen\u2019s sleekness. Concealed in the high cabinets is the refrigerator.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2699849853002374774.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The view into the rest of the appealingly austere home.   <\/p>\n<p>For more Swedish kitchens, see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>La cucina della settimana: Il rifugio di una coppia creativa nella fattoria svedese<\/li>\n<li>La cucina della settimana: Una cucina attenta ai costi in Svezia<\/li>\n<li>La cucina della settimana: Un design svedese antico e silenzioso di Kv\u00e4num<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish painter Emma Bernhard\u2018s kitchen is much like her art: minimalist, bold, honest, with a fondness for black. 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