Brick Column Farmhouse

The brick column was not moving. It sits in the middle of the open plan, so the kitchen was designed around it rather than boxed over it — the run steps to meet it, the island aligns to it, and it ends up reading as deliberate.

The pantry answers it. A full-height black volume with cross-braced doors, deliberately heavier than everything else in the room, so the eye has somewhere to land in what is otherwise a very light space.

Butcher block on the island and the perimeter, glazed uppers with a green interior, unlacquered brass — the detailing is traditional, but it is set out with modern clearances so it works as a family kitchen rather than as a period reproduction.