A timeless English-style kitchen featuring green cabinetry and natural wood accents that create an elegant, enduring space.
Wellesley, MA
2025
Millwork Design
Brianna VanPortfliet with Ki3 Design
Interior Design
Thread Interiors
Rooted in the charm of classic English kitchens, this remodel brings sophistication and warmth to a modern family home. The design plays with tone and texture, blending soft green cabinetry with natural oak accents and creamy white surfaces. The result is a kitchen that feels curated, calm, and enduring.
A large skylight over the central island pours light across the space, amplifying the subtle palette and the clean lines of the millwork. Polished brass fixtures, open shelving, and integrated lighting soften the strong cabinetry lines and bring a welcoming, understated glow.
Cabinetry stretches wall to wall, offering concealed storage that enhances flow and functionality. The central island serves as both a prep space and gathering spot, with open shelves adding a casual, lived-in detail. Classic dome pendants hang above in perfect symmetry, contributing to the kitchen's quiet rhythm.
Built-in bar niches and butler's pantries continue the design language, with darker cabinet tones and lighter tile accents used strategically to guide the eye and keep visual interest throughout. These moments of contrast feel both intentional and timeless.
Material samples from the project show how every finish was considered as part of a larger story—each piece working in harmony to create a space that is refined but never rigid.
This kitchen embraces tradition while staying attuned to contemporary living. It is both elegant and approachable, made to stand the test of time.
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