Kelly Klein’s Warmly Minimalist Floridian Kitchen
The fact that photographer Kelly Klein’s home betrays more than a trace of minimalist chic shouldn’t come as any huge surprise. After all, Klein, whose résumé also boasts her modeling career and work as an author, is the former spouse of Calvin Klein. An August 2012 Architectural Digest article, written by William Norwich and produced by Carlos Mota, visited Kelly at her then-new Palm Beach, Florida, home. Naturally, the home’s pool was of great interest (her book Pools is a famous photography best-seller). But the kitchen was equally appealing as a space to dive into, thanks to its Wolf oven range, Dornbracht sink, and Sub-Zero refrigerator. More striking was its total lack of cabinets. “Some people don’t like looking at their things,” Kelly mused at the time. “I like seeing my glassware and dishes.”
Muriel Brandolini’s Manhattan Home
For some, it’s the Viking range that catches their eyes. For others, it’s the bespeckled, and sometimes yellow, cabinetry, which alternates various tones. (City Joinery is responsible for them, and yes, those are indeed holes.) This kitchen, which was featured in the March 2011 issue of Architectural Digest, is chock-full of unexpected details—right down to its Czech chairs that date back to the 1930s. It’s no huge surprise that it’s located inside designer Muriel Brandolini’s own Manhattan townhouse. “With the right craftspeople, you give them an inch and then…whoosh!” the AD100 decorator told AD’s own Mitchell Owens at one point in the article. As an example of that very phenomenon, he pointed to those cabinets, which have Brooklyn-based furniture maker Jonah Zuckerman to thank for their enameled Swiss cheese aesthetic. The table, which further anchors the room, is by Jean Dunandy.
