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You’d be hard-pressed to find a couple more enthusiastic about kitchen design than Tracy and Peter Salerno. That’s to be expected: the pair are the owners of Wyckoff-based Peter Salerno Inc. — a kitchen design firm that’s won countless industry awards. But when the Salernos decided to renovate the kitchen in their own Bergen County home, they had more than design on their minds. “Everything in this kitchen was all about function,” Peter says. “Aesthetics was important, but in our last kitchen, aesthetics took over and the functionality wasn’t there.” Practicality and efficiency were important because both Peter and Tracy are accomplished cooks who’ve each created their own workspace in the kitchen. “We have two islands,” Peter says. “Tracy has a full, doubledepth island so she can do her baking. The other one is for my pasta and pizza making.” Each was designed specifically to maximize task-specific storage. The baking island holds bowls, food containers and cookbooks. The pasta and pizza island holds Peter’s extensive array of equipment, including a hand-crank pasta machine, drying racks and assorted ravioli cutters (notably heart, snowman and angel designs, which delight the 32 February/March <strong>2024</strong>
The deep-purple hood is framed by Gothic-style glass-paned cabinets. “We wanted doors that had character,” Peter Salerno says. The rest of the cabinet doors feature an exaggerated bevel. “We didn’t want typical Shaker-style doors,” he adds. “We upgraded to 1¼-inch thickness. They don’t look flimsy; they look substantial.” Tracy explains the selection of the backsplash tile: “We chose this pattern to mimic the curvature of the mullions and the curvature of the hood.” Built-in cabinetry in the same celery tone as the islands holds a rotisserie by La Cornue. couple’s granddaughters). When the Salernos entertain, as they often do, the islands become serving spots. “Tracy’s island” is used to hold the food, buffet-style, while “Peter’s island” is for the drinks. The island cabinetry is a pale celery tone, while the perimeter cabinetry is white. Those soft hues set a gentle foundation, leaving the dramatic statement to the show-stopping purple range hood. Peter notes, “When I design, I design with focal points. I usually start with the range because that is similar to what the hearth was 1,000 years ago — the focus of every home, for both warmth and for cooking.” It was Tracy who came up with the concept for the hood. “I wanted to do something really cool and different,” she explains. “I thought we could make it look like a steamer trunk, with straps in copper. I wanted copper because it’s welcoming.” Peter took out his sketchbook and got to work. When he’d finished, Tracy sprung her daring color idea on him. She asked, “Why don’t we incorporate something really bold, like purple?” They agreed the rich, deep tone would work beautifully with the cabinet colors. The eggplant hue on the hood was color matched with the “Flamberge” Rôtisserie from La Cornue, a wish-list item for Peter. “I told Tracy it was designnewjersey.com 33
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