what a mess, an attractive mess, but scale of the decorative pattern is all wrong, the lower cabinet design is also wrong, infact the only thing that might be right with this is the choice of curtain and the idea of creating a kitchen with a decorative uppers providing a strong contract to a monochromatic lower section of cabinets.
surely this photo is from an ad for iksel decorative work and not a magazine feature.!!!

I think in a small kitchen like mine, this would be so overwhelming. I'm jealous of all that counter space.

the design & patterns are pretty by themselves, but all together they become too crowded

I gasped in delight at the picture that came up.
Ravishingly beautiful. Though if it were mine, I'd want dark heavy wood cabinets to balance the weight of the intricate painting... Though the white is floaty and pure.

It's art in the kitchen and I like it. The colors are quiet and uniform and it looks very clean to me.

I like the cabinet front treatment but I think it would have looked better if they had left the area above the cabinets white - that way there would be just the patterned band.

I love it. Makes me think of living someplace exotic, such as Morocco. It is, I agree, tons of pattern but so very well done and that's what its about. Plus, I love the lightness of the floor and counters - and the neutrality of it all - it floats

I'm so surprised that people are not so awed by the design of the walls that they would care about what cabinets they have. They are breathtaking. Like Kate, I gasped. But I may be an oddity. Kitchen cabinets are rarely if ever interesting or genuinely beautiful--although for some reason they can still be hideous and ugly. Kitchen cabinets are usually such boring things. With walls like those, why would it matter what your cabinets look like?

I love how they've heavily placed pattern at the top half of the space, it really makes the space visually apprealing. But as I look closer at the bottom half, I have to agree with some of the others who've posted here - something doesn't quite add up.

In my opinion, the top half looks very elegant and rich, very expensive even - but then when you get to the lower half, the cabinets and hardware, the flooring, the very out of scale rug below the sink (it's also quite unattractive), it just cheapens the top half.

Take your hand and place it over the bottom half of the photo. Now paint in your mind how you'd change it. Doesn't it look amazing?

Holly

And....I just viewed their website. They're work is truly awesome. Of course their kitchen is this exquisite. Very, very inspiring. Nice to see people who don't keep themselves locked in a box. This is absolutely perfect.

I honestly thought this was going to be some kind of "World's ugliest kitchen" contest. I don't know on what level this qualifies as attractive. I guess to each his own. It looks to me like someone went to Home Depot with a 250 dollar budget for tiles and cabinets and then took their Russian grandmother's 1970s shelf liners and plastered the room with them. Yikes.

Hideous! What's up with that $2.99 looking Ikea rug under the sink? The cheap wine rack? The tacky dishes? The tiles. UGH!

one thing i like is the white stove.

Count me among the postive-gaspers. LOVE IT! I want toast & jam and tea in this kitchen pronto!

While the cabinets are not my cup of tea, I really like the small table framed by courtains, all white with a very little touch of color

I loved the kitchen. I'm surprised that there are so many neg. comments. It's great to see when someone makes something unique.

i love the idea, not the execution. i would want the bottom half dark rather than light, though, like a rich dark wood. it feels upside-down.

This is breathtaking to be sure, but it appears as though they are trying to merge Ikea with their own work. Curious.

mysterious, special and one-of-a-kind. the motifs look almost Persian/Turkish to me, rather than Moroccan.

you nailed it Maryam in Marrakesh,

turkish ceramics have that motif. maybe it all got mixed up through time.

I LOVE it! Great job. A Different and personal statement.

While my heart thumps with lust for a version of the upper cabinets, I have to agree that they look incongruous above the plain white lowers. I want to see the bottom half of the kitchen pick up the warmer colors from the pattern, with an earthier texture. Maybe that's more literal-mindedly Middle Eastern than the designer intended...

Would it be possible to do this by starching fabric to wooden cabinet fronts? I love this effect and have the world's ugliest dark wooden cabinets - with nonremovable white stains! - that I've been thinking of covering.

I think this is lovely; it just needs some editing. For example: leave the uppermost design and cabinet doors, perhaps the patterning just below the cabinets, and subtract the rest.

The NYTimes profiled this family (and the same flat) a few months ago:
http://www.iksel.com/pages/press/press_nytimes2.htm

I was gobsmacked, would love to live in this place (how would it be to live here as a child?).

The photos from the Times aren't totally visible in the link (of course the slideshow is archived on the NYT site), but you can see how they use their panels throughout their home, and their furnishings are really eclectic. I like the top-heavy look in their kitchen, but after seeing the other rooms, it's surprising that they kept it so white and clean below.

absolutely beautiful ...

Thanks Renz! Was able to see the entire slide show for free! They've used their product, decorative panels, extensively; would love to see the outside of their home, to know if it compliments the interior design. Love seeing unusual decors, especially with themes of far-away places!

I thought the designs were unique and totally beautiful, butin the kitchen above a bit too much used on the top all at once. I think it all depends on the scale of the room used in and the other colors, decor items used in the room.

I thought it was quite a relief from the overly used shabby chic designs and cold feel of extreme modern design.

I am not surprised that this kitchen created such diverse views. I think it is very culture specific. To me it evokes a lot of great memories from my childhood. The bottom part emulates the kind of kitchen that was very common in my grandmothers generation in Turkish cities (mostly white, with very simple clean lines) whereas the top part is an over the top (thus an abstract) of the intricate handmade objects that would lie in stark contrast to the more simple decoration of Turkish kitchens and homes.

I was instantly delighted when I saw this photo, it's just lovely.

hey everybody
yalls are crazy
this kitchen is gorgeous
these cabinets are not a mistake
this is what we call
"style"

it's very french
check out some books on paris apartments, you'll see what i mean
peace