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Craftsman With a Twist
Sunset Magazine

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Drawn in by this very cute kitchen with double wheeled butcher block islands, we found inspiration a-plenty in the Portland craftsman it belongs to. The rolling design of the islands allows maximum flexibility in a small kitchen.

 
 

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The "twist" referenced by the title of the article accompanying the slideshow on Sunset refers to something we're very familiar with here at AT: mixing and matching styles with the furnishings. We wouldn't have it any other way, really.

Craftsman With a Twist on Sunset

Images: Lisa Romerein/Sunset

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I love the bedroom - I'd love the kitchen if the islands actually had any use storage wise.

posted by ChrisGal on March 17th 2009 at 7:23pm
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i love the bathroom tile. cleverly makes a little bit of tile look like a huge statement.

posted by teeze on March 17th 2009 at 7:49pm
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I like almost everything about this house. Their color choices are lovely and I love how each room provides a contrast to the next.

posted by madsarah on March 17th 2009 at 8:16pm
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Am I the only one that really doesn't like kitchen islands? I find them a nuisance - continually walking around them and when you have a house full of guests, it's even worse. I can understand the added counterspace, but ...
At least these ones are on wheels.

posted by dewonangus on March 17th 2009 at 8:21pm
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I love the dining room -- great combination of craftsman and mid-century modern... and I don't even like mid-century modern (sorry AT)

posted by katlia on March 17th 2009 at 8:52pm
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The kitchen islands look too top heavy. Are they?

posted by webherring on March 17th 2009 at 8:54pm
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The brown walls are tinted plaster instead of paint - love it.

posted by brozek on March 17th 2009 at 9:54pm
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Honestly, rolling islands that you have to line up? Looks great but hardly seems functional. And, am I the only one that thinks that kitchen is not "small?"

posted by piachka on March 17th 2009 at 10:17pm
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I think the islands look cute, (and I generally don't like them) but they do make the kitchen seem smaller.

Maybe if it were just one intermediate sized butcher block island? Don't know. But in terms of contrast and added counterspace, they somehow convinced me to give them a hypothetical chance.

posted by Maroha on March 17th 2009 at 11:35pm
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i LOVE the islands but i think that two might be too many.

posted by yomingus on March 18th 2009 at 12:34am
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Based on the amount of space and countertop visible, I would not call that a small kitchen. Even if the photographer is standing in the far corner, that kitchen is twice the size of mine. I'd love to have room for even one tiny rolling island

Love the colors and the bathroom tile job is brilliant.

On the other hand, I am really disturbed by the dark beam diagonally over the bed.

posted by fjorlief on March 18th 2009 at 12:47am
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Nice but whats with that blue tile stopping half-way along a wall in the kitchen - would have looked a million times better if they'd taken it up to the window frame

posted by Violetsrose on March 18th 2009 at 7:35am
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i LOVE this house.

posted by abigailbelle on March 19th 2009 at 4:25pm
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