"This is a cook's kitchen," says Verbridge. The family loves cooking and has a friend who is a chef who also enjoys using the kitchen to prepare meals. While the kitchen has classic elements like white cabinets and gray counters, the clients felt no need for their kitchen to look like everyone else's, so they asked Verbridge for her advice on making a big, unexpected move. "My impulsive first instinct was to go with the cobalt blue range and hood," she says. "It kind of came out of nowhere, except that I was inspired by their love for a Scandinavian aesthetic." Another custom element tailored to the couple is the bookshelves at the end of the island. It holds cookbooks and children's books close at hand, so that visiting grandchildren can make a pick and read with their grandmother.Range: 48-inch RNB series with Pro-Line Hood, Bluestar; pendant lights: Slender Glass Cylinder, DK Living; kitchen island paint: Graystone 1475, Benjamin Moore; countertop material: Bianco Carrara

A splash of cobalt blue gives this updated bright, white kitchen a homey yet modern feel. Plus it's just pretty. The range is by Blue Star.

"A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe."When you find a great cookbook, hang onto it for life and keep it close. A lot of new kitchen islands have designated cookbook space. You may find a good spot over the refrigerator or designate a cabinet shelf for cookbooks as well. For you techies, check out Why Your Kitchen Wants Its Own iPad.See the rest of this home

Colored appliances!

Bookshelf on island

bookshelf on side of kitchen island

Why not Sweden

Pendants

love the brightness. also like the shelves on the island

Stove focal point

cobalt blue vent hood and stove

bright blue

Island

Books

shelfs

Island

island

end bookshelf

Windows by range

Bookshelf in kitchen for cookbooks

Pendants with Edison light bulbs

love but maybe the stove and overhead is pale yellow

bookshelf on side of island?

Pendants

Colour stove

overall look

Recipe shelf

Light fixtures

cook books

Book storage

Nice idea with recipe books

Island

Interesting, simple island

What a lovely shade of blue!

color

Island color

Trend: Bold color

colored stove

Island paint color

Island pendant light

Kitchen

lights

Love the shelves

Love die pop of colour

backsplash/ windows ratio?

colored appliances

Like white with pop of color

I love the pop of color

Island, end bookshelf

Everything

Shape of hood. Subway tiles. Color of counters.

lighting

Cobalt blue lacquer stove

Blue stove!!

Colours

Bookcase on bench

Blue stove

Grey stone

like the additional storage on the side of the island. don't like the blue appliances - not timeless and will get bored of it quickly

book shelf

Bookcase holding cookbooks

Lights from dk living

Modern

painted island

西餐台，小书架

Bookshelf and gray color

I love thhis stove

Bookcase at the end of island. Add beadboard as background.

Book end

Stove blue star

bookcase

kitchen island

Built in shelving for cookbooks

cookbook shelves

love the built in bookshelf

staging

Kitchen island

Kitchen

Love the stove

Bibliothèque pour livres de recettes

Brilliant spaces usage

open book space at end of island

Cookbook storage

pretty large kitchen

What about a Blue star range or wall ovens

bookshelf on island

kitchen

Cabinets, island

Bookshelf

colors, floors, pendants

Book rack in island

gray island

Kitchen- colored stove incorporated and island with book shelves

Lights

shelves for cookbooks and place to sit down and use them

Books on end of the island look nice.

granite edge detail

open book shelf in kitchen - above fridge maybe? Or on side of broom closet cabinet?

Rangement livres recettes

Cook book space

Island book shelves

Book shelf

Tea sitio al kitchens

like the cookbook storage at end of island and the island color

I like the cookbook niche

the cabinets are the "white dove" - like :)

built-in

White dove BM

Blue!

Gray island white cabinets

cookbook storage at end of island

Love the blue built in f Bookcase

Kitchen island

Light fixtures

Color of blue of stove

Like counter height chiars

Cookbooks

cabinets & hardware

Island

Lights

Island with book center

Cooking books in the kitchen!

Shelves for cookbooks

I like he bookshelf on he bar

Kitchen

Love island

Recipe book storage

Benjaminmoore white dove paint

Love the shelf for cook books

tile?

My kitchen so relaxed

Cookbook shelves in island

Those pendant lights are great!

You could add a bookshelf to the refrigerator side of the island and add closed storage at the end of the counter by the window.

blue hood & range

this kitchen is in a shingle style home, but the owners love modern Scandinavian design. The house has some modern touches that suit the house well

blue stove and hood

Lights

Kitchen

island with bookshelf

island

.

like cabinets & hardware

Bookshelf kitchen

Cookbook storage at end of peninsula

bookshelf at end of island

the built in bookshelves

the vent hood. not the color, but the style- subway tile and shape of vent hood

Except obviously blue hood

Colors

bookshelf built into end of island… could have one built and added to side of cabinents

Really like this kitchen

bookshelves on end of island

Library ilot

rearrangement of our kitchen

Grey stone paint on island by Benjamin moore

trim over window

bar

island is painted graystone

Like bookshelves on end of island.

designated cook book space!

Island as table and workspace - don't worry about storage

hood

window trim

color combo

how to encase refrigerator

Window

Bookshelf in island.

comfy kitch

like the blue stove and white subway tile

Bookshelf area for cookbooks

Kitchen

Like the shelves built into the end of the island/peninsula

We want a bookshelves on the side of the island, and carved in leg room for a bar stool.

Cookbook shelf

rainbow books, blue white

Monochromatic

plain splash behind the Blue Stove/vent flanked by Windows the open space, and more windows at the sink! pendant lights and bookshelves

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Bookshelf

Colored vents hood adds some punch

Bookcase

Do This if possible. Bookshelves built into kitchen table yes yes. on WHEELS. Carrara top.

lights

BACKSPLASH

Center table with cook book shell

Bookshelf

Island

bar chairs

like the blue oven, like the bright white cabinets

there are more windows than upper cabinets

blue stove and range hood -