{"id":2331,"date":"2024-12-06T18:10:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2024\/12\/06\/kitchen-of-the-week-the-ultimate-staff-kitchen-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T18:10:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:10:35","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-the-ultimate-staff-kitchen-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/kitchen-of-the-week-the-ultimate-staff-kitchen-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dapur Minggu Ini: Dapur Kakitangan Terbaik di NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

It all began with a request for a Band-Aid. <\/p>\n

Designer Brad Sherman, newly arrived in New York and crashing on a friend\u2019s sofa, was working as a receptionist at communal workspace General Assembly. Merrill Stubbs, cofounder with Amanda Hesser of cooking and e-commerce site Food52, had cut herself and approached Brad for first aid. When the two started talking about Food52\u2019s planned move to its own office, Brad, who has a master\u2019s degree in sustainable design, mentioned he had just left a job creating offices out of reclaimed materials for recycled goods specialists TerraCycle of New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have a portfolio, but working with trash taught me how to be extremely resourceful,\u201d\u009d says Brad. That was a mere three years ago, and Brad not only got the job designing Food52\u2019s quarters\u2013see Steal This Look: A Cooking Site\u2019s Own Kitchen\u2013but has since become NYC\u2019s go-to guy for cash-strapped startups looking to create stylish headquarters.<\/p>\n

To keep up with demand, Brad has since teamed up with interior designer Nina Etnier, a school friend with a degree from London\u2019s Chelsea College of Art and Design and a background in high-end residential design\u2013\u201cWhile Brad was building desks out buckets and doors, I was speccing $5,000 chandeliers.\u201d\u009d <\/p>\n

Food52, too, has been expanding, and Brad and Nina recently completed the design for the company\u2019s 6,000-square-foot new office space in Chelsea, just blocks from the original\u2013and equally cost-conscious. We especially like the staff kitchen, which is full of ideas to steal.<\/p>\n

Photography by Mark Weinberg.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cThis is the darkest corner in the entire space, so every decision we made was motivated by creating a sense of lightness: a light palette and simple clean design helped achieve this,\u201d says Brad, adding that they were also guided by budget: \u201cAlthough it may not look like it, this kitchen needed to be done as inexpensively as possible. We reused the reclaimed shelving from the old office, sourced $11 Shelf Brackets on Amazon (and painted them the same color as the cabinetry), and purchased the farm sink, faucet, and butcher block counters from Ikea.\u201d<\/p>\n

The splurges? The cabinets are custom\u2013\u201dbut, in truth, they really didn\u2019t cost that much more than Ikea in the end. The space is very uneven and would have required a lot of adjusting if we had gone with readymade,\u201d says Brad. Another custom detail: The center-of-attention 10-foot-long table and benches were designed by Brad and Nina of solid white oak\u2013the ensemble will soon be available in Food52\u2019s online shop. As for the hanging lights, they\u2019re Brooklyn Vintage Giant Bell Lampshades in a pewter finish from UK company Industville and cost \u00a389 ($137) each: \u201cThere are so many straight lines in the kitchen, we needed something to break them up. It was a very happy day when we found these\u2013and they were in stock,\u201d says Brad.<\/p>\n

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Above: Brad and Nina went with flat-panel cabinet fronts for aesthetic as well as practical reasons: \u201cThey have a minimal, almost Scandi appeal that allows the focus to be shifted to the wares. And because there are no grooves or moldings to catch dirt, they can just be wiped down.\u201d Made of MDF, they\u2019re sprayed with a matte lacquer finish, Purbeck Stone, a soft gray from Farrow & Ball. \u201cThe gray is subtle, but it adds a soft tonality,\u201d says Nina. \u201cThe kitchen would have a lot less depth if it were a stark white.\u201d<\/p>\n

The space is approximately 600 square feet, which the designers divided into two halves by inserting an Electrolux Single-Door Built-In Fridge in the middle (\u201cThe enclosure is just studs and drywall that\u2019s tiled). The left side of the fridge is the food prep area and the right is the coffee station with electrical outlets for coffee makers and a tea kettle. \u201cThe counter depth had to get shallower close to the exit; having a dividing line made that look intentional and also allowed us to neatly insert a wall of overhead cabinets next to the open shelving,\u201d says Nina.<\/p>\n

The appliances came from Electrolux, one of Food52\u2019s sponsors. The sink is flanked by a 24-Inch Built-In Dishwasher (left) and 15-Inch Under-Counter Ice Maker (right). There\u2019s also a 30-Inch Induction Range with a Wall-Mount Hood.<\/p>\n

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Above: The pale butcher block is the result of applying a bleach solution three times to get the color and uniformity right: \u201cRed oak plywood is less expensive than white oak and can be lightened to look almost the same,\u201d says Brad. It\u2019s finished with a food-safe sealant. <\/p>\n

The office\u2019s existing flooring, \u201ca yellowing pine with patches of oak, completely inconsistent and all a terrible color,\u201d were upgraded (and made uniform) with a stain that the designers, after several unsuccessful tries with their crew, mixed themselves at the hardware store: It\u2019s Minwax, three parts white, and one part gray. <\/p>\n

The newly built back wall\u2013detailed with transom windows (that use Plexiglas found in the space and faux mullions)\u2013is a behind-the-scenes operations center: Etsy pegs hold extra chairs (from Crate & Barrel), there\u2019s a laundry station, and wall-hung bike rack.<\/p>\n

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Above: The room\u2019s matte white subway tile applied throughout\u2013\u201dwe wanted to push it as a motif instead of just a backsplash\u201d\u2013is three-by-six Campus Field Tile from Waterworks, another of Food52\u2019s sponsors. Most of the kitchenwares come from the Food52 shop.<\/p>\n

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Above: A pantry is stocked with pullout drawers of maple ply\u2013\u201dvery cost-effective,\u201d says Brad, \u201cwe also used it inside the staff kitchen cabinets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Above: Spices are organized alphabetically. \u201cThe most sucessful kitchens have a place for everything,\u201d says Brad, explaining that the drawers on the right side of the kitchen are shallow\u2013only 4 1\/2 inches deep: \u201cThis prevents any cooking utentsils from being stacked on top of one another\u2013everything is easily seen and organized.\u201d<\/p>\nbahasa\n

Above: There\u2019s even a washer\/dryer\u2013for laundering tablecloths and other linens\u2013and a laundry sink. Coincidentally, we featured the same Kohler Bannon Service Sink in this week\u2019s Steal This Look. Here, it\u2019s painted Farrow & Ball Calke Green. The faucet is the \u201cmost standard, inexpensive utility gooseneck on Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Above: A gathering area outside the kitchen has bench cushions and throw pillows (made of leftover Knoll sofa fabric in chenille wool and mohair) that were stitched by a local dry cleaner. \u201cWe got quotes from upholsterers, but our dry cleaner was much more affordable,\u201d says Nina. \u201cEach pillow cover was $20 and we bought the inserts on Amazon for $9.99 each.\u201d The benches open to supply wine storage.<\/p>\n

The pedestal table is from Crate & Barrel and the leather Folding Stool came from Urban Outfitters. The paneling is MDF: \u201cWe cut down four by eight boards into four-inch strips,\u201d says Brad. \u201cPine was too expensive, but we were able to achieve the look.\u201d The wall is painted Benjamin Moore Icicle, a warm white with a slight hint of green.<\/p>\n

Above: Another of the designers\u2019 farmhouse tables is situated outside the office conference room and surrounded by Windsor-style Willa Dove Dining Chairs from Crate & Barrel. Made in Brooklyn, the table has patinated metal legs and a seamed white oak top: \u201cIt\u2019s in two pieces because the freight elevator was so tiny,\u201d says Nina. \u201cSome of the cabinetry had to be walked up eight flights. We had no choice\u2013there\u2019s no hoisting furniture on a budget.\u201d <\/p>\n

Remodeling? See more of our Kitchen of the Week picks, including Epoch Films\u2019 Industrial Friendly Office Kitchen and the $350 DIY Kitchen Overhaul in Two Weekends.<\/p>bahasa","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Segalanya bermula dengan permintaan untuk plaster. Pereka Brad Sherman, yang baru tiba di New York dan menginap di sofa seorang rakan, bekerja sebagai penyambut tetamu di ruang kerja bersama General Assembly. Merrill Stubbs, pengasas bersama Food52, laman web masakan dan e-dagang bersama Amanda Hesser, telah terluka dan mendekati Brad untuk pertolongan cemas. Apabila [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}