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stylenewjersey | EXPERT ADVICE TIPS FROM A PRO Christopher Peacock on Luxury Kitchen Trends INTERVIEW BY MARIROSE KRALL CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK New Jersey Showroom in Millburn 973-376-7070 PeacockHome.com Christopher Peacock understands the value of a beautiful kitchen — and the way that value has risen exponentially in the past two years. Peacock, an internationally renowned master craftsman and founder of the New York City-headquartered custom cabinetry brand that bears his name, is ideally placed to observe and respond to societal shifts that affect our relationship with the most-used room in the house. Of course, the most seismic shift in recent memory has been the pandemic, which transformed the way many people viewed their kitchens. “Cooking was certainly magnified,” Peacock says. “Many of our clients would call us with questions about their kitchens because they were using them for the first time. They had beautiful kitchens, but they had never cooked big meals. Additionally, the kitchen became the command central of the house in a bigger way than it ever was before. It became this multifunctional gathering space that is sometimes used to cook.” DESIGN NJ: What trends have you seen in kitchen design that seem to have been pandemic-driven? CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK: The net result of the pandemic, I think, is that people have rediscovered the joys of preparing food at home. There’s a greater interest in appliances large and small and the features those appliances offer. And because we’re cooking more, we’re storing more food, so large pantries and refrigerators are in high demand now as well. In addition, in the construction of high-end homes, we’ve seen a change from the days when people wanted a big, open-plan kitchen and family room. Now we find many people building kitchens in enclosed spaces. There’s a focus on the kitchen as a gathering space in its own right rather than as an adjunct to a living room. 26 December 2022/January 2023
INTERIOR BY LINHERR HOLLINGSWORTH / PHOTO BY GEORGE ROSS DNJ: What’s involved in planning for a kitchen that’s also a gathering space? CP: The relationship between areas of work has always been important, but now it involves consolidating the process of everything that happens in the space these days — cooking, cleaning, entertaining, schoolwork, holiday meals. We want to have a place to sit with a laptop and be in the room, but not necessarily in the way of the cooking process. So the layout “Because we’re cooking more,” Christopher Peacock says, “we’re storing more food.” In this kitchen, an island and perimeter cabinetry and two refrigerators provide ample storage space. designnewjersey.com 27
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