Retracing Mid Century: Mission Home Austin’s Kitchen and Eating Room

Tour the kitchen and eating room to see a colourful, but traditional, reimagined MCM design in our Mission Home Austin collection.

At first look, each the kitchen and eating room in Mission Home Austin have many options attribute of Mid Century Fashionable design.

In his work because the architect and builder for this venture, Michael Wray sought to convey collectively the most effective of MCM whereas additionally permitting for contemporary requirements.

“We attempt to honor traditional Mid Century structure with classically ratioed transoms, floor-to-ceiling home windows, timber beams and genuine Eichler siding,” he factors out. “Nevertheless, we’ve modernized the areas for present market expectations.”

For these two areas, inside designer Christine Turknett used texture and shade to create a tackle Mid Century design that’s infused with up to date parts.

Mission Home Austin Kitchen

“It was a possibility to assume in another way,” Christine says. “General, what impressed me was the thought of rethinking MCM design within the context of a brand new construct. I really feel that there’s a whole lot of connection between the 2, and I wished to see how they performed off one another.”

The massive island, topped with a countertop from Architectural Surfaces, is one other main focus. It offers the proper house to prep, entertain and luxuriate in meals. “It has a dominant presence. Because of this, I wished to steadiness wooden tones within the utilized Eichler siding in opposition to the white counter tops in order that it doesn’t really feel too heavy or ethereal,” Christine Turknett provides. The open ground plan—a recent infusion of performance—permits for loads of room round it. “I’ve all the time beloved a round movement,” Michael says. “Entry from a number of factors makes kitchen areas, specifically, extra environment friendly and livable.

In her collection of items, Christine drew from the straightforward geometric shapes of the Bauhaus motion, in addition to from Scandinavian kinds.

“The Louis Poulsen pendants over the kitchen are transcontinental and iconic, however in addition they supply a dialog between American Mid Century Fashionable design and the way Scandinavian design influenced that,” she explains.

Discovering Steadiness within the Mission Home Austin Kitchen and Eating Space

To craft a recent, but recognizable, MCM design throughout the context of a newly constructed residence, Christine targeted on making a balanced appear and feel for each the kitchen and eating room via her use of shade and textures.

She selected mint for the decrease cupboards within the kitchen as a pop of shade that additionally ties in with teal accents within the eating space, thereby unifying the 2 areas.

Christine selected a muted palette to steadiness and complement the abundance of pure gentle, in addition to to offer the house a timeless really feel. “Colour can generally be intimidating, as a result of it’s a giant dedication. Nevertheless, I wished folks to have their very own particular house during which they may really feel blissful however that didn’t dominate the whole open ground plan,” she says. “I need folks to smile once they see it—an sudden pleasure!”

“A lot of the design was pushed by the colour palette, however I wished to ensure it was balanced,” she says. “Even when the colours are totally different, they’ve related tones that give the areas extra depth fairly than the identical shade in every single place.”

As an alternative of attempting to reduce parts such because the uncovered black beams, open ground plan and abundance of home windows, Christine discovered methods to steadiness and work with these options.

She selected white higher cupboards to enhance the excessive ceilings and the abundance of pure gentle and went with the oak flooring and Eichler siding on the kitchen island and eating room ceiling so as to add heat.

“A part of my design philosophy is holistic: Let the structure set the tone for interiors as an alternative of competing with it or rejecting it,” she clarifies. “We did a whole lot of white within the inside to steadiness destructive house. In spite of everything, the structure has a lot glass and so many home windows, and I didn’t wish to distract from that.”

The Eichler Siding-clad ceiling is one other design selection that brings collectively the outside and inside design. “We used the identical supplies from the outside however juxtaposed them in several methods: white partitions, Eichler Siding and pure gentle,” Christine factors out. A stupendous pendant gentle from Lumens crowns the house with round parts that assist break up the geometry of the house whereas complementing the atomic sample of the FLOR rug.

Counter Level

Pictures courtesy of Architectural Surfaces

Choosing the precise countertop is crucial for any kitchen rework. Not solely do you have to think about the sturdiness and upkeep of no matter counter materials you select, you also needs to think about the way it impacts and enhances the appear and feel of the house.

The counters within the Mission Home kitchen are from the MetroQuartz assortment by Architectural Surfaces. An engineered stone, MetroQuartz offers the identical appear and feel of pure stone and in addition affords sturdiness and straightforward upkeep.

To make sure your counter house is trendy, in addition to purposeful, take a look at these high MetroQuartz picks from our sponsors at Architectural Surfaces:

For extra on Mission Home Austin, see earlier installments right here. And, ensure that to get your copy of our summer time print concern the place we unveil Mission Home Austin in its entirety!