Our residential design/build company was hired to create a unique kitchen addition between a stately home and elegant barn-like garage. The owner is from northern Europe and wanted a European feel. She wanted expansive space and copious amounts of light, yet a sense of cozyness, so she would be comfortable when home alone or when entertaining large groups. We designed this fireplace into a nook in the kitchen addition, with a raised hearth, squat firebox proportions, and reclaimed materials. To keep the scale down part of the mass is buried in the wall, and the chimney breast tapers in the manner of a European chimney hood.
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very nice design