330 Homes Fall 2023

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words and photos by ALEXANDRA SOBCZAK

PRECISE RECIPE A serene kitchen showcases balance and fine details.

W hen and interior designer Mary Jack of Mary Jack Design was redoing her kitchen in 2015, her home was always busy with the activities of her then-15-, 17- and 20-year-old children, so she focused her redesign on creating a sense of calm. “That was a jumping-off point — finding some serenity in the kitchen,” Jack says. Hudson resident

She achieved that through a tranquil white-and-blue color palette and a vaulted ceiling with a skylight. It’s all part of a balanced design that incorporates both curvilinear and rectilinear lines, such as curved accents on the rectangular cabinets and a curved custom stainless

steel range hood above a custom water-jet mosaic marble backsplash that features curving leaves within a rectangular frame. “I like keeping the feel ing light and airy,” says Jack, whose home was

Garden Tour. “I find that when I combine curvilin ear form and rectilinear form, I achieve a sense of balance in a room, so it doesn’t feel too harsh, nor does it feel too soft.” Jack describes some other ingredients of her artful design.

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