Other than hanging our coats and bags, valet stands don’t get that much attention, but architecture studio Red Deer and Jan Hendzel Studio thought otherwise and created unique valet stands for the Birch Hotel . The valet stands are highlighted in each hotel room like a functional piece of art. Each one is anchored by a marble orb created with waste plastic mixed with dyed resin by material designer Charlotte Kidger . This circular orb base was formed from a mold where plastic material was poured in layers, resulting in a multicolored effect that resembled a round pastel candy marble.
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“People credit me with inventing the open kitchen, but what about the American diner?” Barbara Lazaroff, Wolfgang Puck’s ex-wife and the co-founder of the Wolfgang Puck brand, told the LA Times in 2001. As it did in many a diner, the open kitchen line at Spago spanned a back wall, with the full dining room in front of it — anyone could get a view of the chefs in action, along with any celebrities seated at the VIP tables in the middle. “The difference,” Lazaroff continued, “is we were creating food of a certain level, right where everyone could see it.”
He also helped us make sure everything was to NKBA guidelines. Originally we were trying to get our kitchen sink in front of a window and also have our stove and hood on that same wall. The inches just weren’t there. In our plans, our sink would have been way too close to the stove. Michael was able to come up with a couple of different variations to show us what would work within the guidelines. Jon and I were both strongly opposed to a corner sink. We just didn’t love the look of it. I have always been used to having my sink in front of a window, but in this kitchen that would only work if we moved the stove. I already had this big stove/hood focal point vision in my head which meant I wasn’t moving it. Don’t worry, I had Michael give me a mockup of the stove elsewhere to just be certain that I was opposed to it and I still was. In order to have the sink away from the stove, it had to be on a plain old wall. We were able to dress it up a bit with glass front doors and I can honestly say it’s been great. The window is right next to me so it doesn’t feel weird. The wall to the right of the stove is pretty similar to the wall with the sink. The only difference is that there are no appliances here so we have a lot of storage in those lower cabinets. We opened up the doorway that used to be here and made it a bit larger and removed the door. It’s now a great entrance to our dining room. To the right of that doorway we have a beverage center! It’s amazing! The doors open and our coffee maker is in there with mugs, and our flavored syrups, sugar, honey, etc.
