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WOOD S : The wooden pieces around the kitchen bring a feeling of warmth. Tall overhead maple cabinets draw your eye to the pine custom range hood with a rough sawn texture over the stove. “It was a really unique piece that kind of ties the kitchen together,” Andrea says. There are also pine shelves with a smoked oak finish and rough sawn texture topped with plants, farmhouse signs and more flanking the windows overlooking the front yard. “Instead of it just being strictly cabinets, we wanted a place to have some fun decor,” Andrea says. I S L AND : One of the most important features is the large maple island with a black stainless steel farmhouse sink on one side, modern metal and faux-leather chairs on the other and three black metal lanterns overhead. “Our island is a little bit darker than the rest of the cabinets to kind of break it up,” she says. The piece serves as a focal point during entertaining, such as when Andrea’s brother and Kevin’s family visited. They hung around the island while Andrea cooked and ate pizza there. “I wanted this to be a gathering place,” she says. COUN T E RS : The Kumses wanted their countertops to be as white as possible, and they got that in the quartz surface on the counters and island, which brighten up the room and complement the white-gray tiles designed to look like brick on the main wall of the kitchen. There’s ample space, so Andrea and Kevin can be there together to plan meals or tag-team making taco bowls for the family. “A lot of prep space — that was a really big thing for me to have,” Andrea says, “having vegetables all over the place to … meal prep for the week.”

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