Category
Kitchen
Location
New York
Year
2026
Scope
Full kitchen design, fluted oak cabinetry, Taj Mahal quartzite, integrated coffee station, installation
The dominant trend of 2026 kitchen design is tactility — surfaces that reward touch as well as sight. Fluted vertical oak panels run the full height of the island and perimeter, catching light differently at each hour of the day. Against them, a continuous Taj Mahal quartzite worktop — calm, pale, faintly luminous — holds the room in equilibrium.
The oak was hand-milled in our own workshop: each flute profile was refined over thirty iterations before the first cabinet was built. A concealed integrated coffee and wine station occupies a full bay of the east wall behind flush matching panels — the only evidence of its existence is the faint warmth of the temperature-controlled cabinet when you walk past. Herringbone light oak flooring extends the material language to the floor without repeating the profile.
Materials
- Hand-milled fluted oak cabinetry, custom profile
- Continuous Taj Mahal quartzite worktop
- Integrated coffee and wine station behind flush panels
- Herringbone light oak floor
- Concealed LED soffit and plinth lighting
Key Features
- Hand-milled bespoke flute profile
- Thirty-iteration profile refinement process
- Concealed integrated coffee and wine station
- Continuous quartzite worktop without joins
- Soffit and plinth concealed LED system
"The fluting was the detail that made us choose them. Nobody else was offering that level of workshop craft in 2026."
Isabella & George Hartley
Brooklyn townhouse, New York