Photography by Daniel Dent for Remodelista.
A while back, Michelle emailed me to tell me about her friend Amy Lindburg’s recently remodeled kitchen in San Francisco. When she says she is going to do anything—from playing the French horn in the local orchestra to shipping virtual computer environments ahead of schedule—you can consider it done.
The Orbit Light is from Townsend Design and ships flat.
I worked with the US location in Brooklyn, but I actually went to visit the Reform headquarters in Copenhagen when I happened to be in town for a conference; I was the first US customer to visit!” (For more ideas on Ikea cabinet hacks, go to Ikea Kitchen Upgrade: 8 Custom Cabinet Companies for the Ultimate Ikea Hack.)
Amy had the stainless steel countertop with integrated sink shipped from Copenhagen (“It was actually cheaper than having it fabricated locally,” she says).
“I used a palette of five paint colors through the house,” Amy says.
The open kitchen utensil rail is from German company Rosle and the matte black Purist Single Handle Faucet is from Kohler.
“My grandmother got me started collecting Towle’s Mandarin Pattern when I was in seventh grade,” Amy says.
Amy is a collector of vintage kitchenware; the cut crystal Waterford butter dish is from eBay and the silver-plated hotel serving domes are from Cookin’, a famed SF source for vintage cookware and kitchen accessories.
The tall crystal decanter on the top shelf was her mother’s and the German Mono Filio Teapot is a vintage find.
“I tried to find a range that wouldn’t blow the doors off my budget, so I went with Thermidor because they threw in a Bosch dishwasher,” Amy says.
Amy keeps her pot lids neatly organized in a deep drawer to the right of the stove.
On the side of the Ikea Stenstorp Kitchen Island facing the sink, Amy stores her culinary essentials out of sight, including tea kettle, labeled baking essentials, and stacks of jelly roll pans.
“The washer and dryer are Miele; I had to have our carpenter hack the cabinets so they would fit,” Amy says.
When not in use the washer and dryer disappear behind cabinet doors.
Amy keeps her laundry detergent and bleach in vintage crystal bottles.
“The Kenwood Cooking Chef machine is brilliant; you can do anything with it,” Amy says.
Amy and her contractor designed the stained walnut standing desk in the kitchen (“he whipped it up in a couple of hours,” she says).
Amy with her collection of vintage cut-crystal long-stemmed Waterford wineglasses; the vase is a vintage Swedish Gustavsberg Argenta piece found on eBay.