High summer and this just in. Yesterday, I went to a most relaxing lunch in the busiest part of town: Rockefeller Center. House Beautiful rebuilt Ina Garten's kitchen in the plaza right in front of the ice rink, where the Big Tree usually stands. They'd invited Sara Kate and myself to join a couple of dozen folks to meet Ina and eat from her recipes in this reconstructed version of her kitchen (it will be there all week and is open to the public)....
Design notes? I really liked three things: Ina's kitchen stools, her candlesticks, and the skylight over it all. I've sourced as much as I can right here for you. Enjoy!
The stools are originally vintage French, but the kitchen designer, Robert Stilin, received so many calls for them, he made reproductions, which were on display and which he now sells. Don't know the price, but these are unique, beautiful and comfortable (we sat on them), while I find most stools are ugly.
I'd seen these candlesticks before, but never placed them. Razor thin in places, these bronze objects cut a strong silhouette against the chimney of her fireplace. You barely need to put candles in them. Ina got them from Ted Muehling.
>> Ted Muehling
The skylight is a not a part of the kitchen design, but it cast such a nice light I thought it ought to be. If I ever had a kitchen with a roof over it, this would be the way to go.
>> House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year post
>> Look! Ina Garten's New Kitchen, from House Beautiful ~ from The Kitchn
(Kate Kelly (publisher), Stephen Drucker (editor in chief), Robert Stilin & Ina Garten)
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I hope that when this "set" is dismantled the requisite parts will find their way to Habitat for Humanity.
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I absolutely LOVE Ina! She's so genuine and her recipes are deelish. And she's kind to her fans. I once asked the name of the paint color used in her entryway and she emailed me back almost immediately. (Farrow & Ball's Light Gray)
I always say, "Never trust a skinny chef!" Well, except for Bobby Flay who has that scrawny Irish thing going. Ina is the real thing!
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dido, i also hope that everything is recycled/donated or auctioned off.
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i love ina, she does everything with a comfortable and stylish flair. i will stop at the plaza tomorrow and check it out, thanks
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The thing I love most is the joy Ina has in the kitchen & when serving her friends/super cute hubby.
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Ina inspires me to get in the kitchen!
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i worship her
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Well, I went to Rockefeller center today to see the kitchen, according to the brochure it was to be open at 9am. Got there at 9:50am...sorry no one admitted until 10am because AL Roker was in the kitchen...looked through the windows did not see Al..but did see dozens of production people standing around.......anyway, back on the line to see kitchen.....10am rolls around, oops, sorry the free coffee wasn't ready, sorry, you cannot go in.....I had to leave at 10;15.....apparently, the opened the kitchen at 10:30....1 1/2 late, unprofessional......
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