Modern Materials in a Chicago Contemporary Home

Kitchen and bath month is in large part about the materials - the tile, the color of wood, the finishes. What is in style in these rooms changes over time, sometimes drastically, hence all the rehabs of pink-tiled bathrooms. A contemporary home in Chicago features a compendium of currently in vogue bath and kitchen materials...

...dark wenge wood cabinets, shiny white countertops, stainless steel accents, glass, chrome and river rocks. This is clearly a very high end project, but if you like the look, it is getting easier and easier to find these materials and incorporate them into jobs done on a budget.

Check out the photos above for plenty of kitchen and bath inspiration and then click through to see more of the Cortland Residence by Nicholas Clark Architects on Contemporist.

(Images: Lynda Oyama Bryan/Contemporist)

Comments (3)

Anyone know what the light fixture in the bathroom is?

It's very sleek, and I like the (clerestory?) windows. I'm more of a farmhouse-kitchen fan, but I do appreciate that the appliances and sinks appear to be laid out in an efficient way.

Recording the comment about incorporating these materials into "jobs done on a budget", I imagine that this kitchen was also "done on a budget". The budget is simply the amount allocated for the project.

I'd hate to live there - it's all so monochromatic and boring.