American Farmhouse Style – August 2019

This Maryland kitchen is functional and shows off

classy white farmhouse style.

WhiteON WHITE

BY AMELIA CARROLL

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT RADIFERA

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ou shouldn’t have to sacrifice style to have a

functional kitchen. This kitchen in Bethesda,

Maryland, was designed by Nadia Subaran

of Aidan Design and is both functional and

stylish. The 5,000-square-foot home was

originally built in 1981. With this update, Nadia wanted to

open up the space to make it feel more welcoming, yet still

fit with the home’s overall architectural style.

FUNCTION

“The first thing I tackle in a new project is always the layout,”

says Nadia. “Figuring out a design that works functionally and

architecturally is first and foremost.” In this home, function

needed to be foremost, as the homeowner needed appliances

in specific places for accessibility reasons. Nadia took the

time to get the kitchen’s proportions to match the rest of the

home by opening the doorways to make the kitchen more

connected to the other downstairs living areas. She wanted to

make sure it had flow to fit the rest of the house.

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