Modern Farmhouse Design - Kitchen, dining, outdoor areas oh my!

NC Home Design

And so, the spotlight process continues...this time focusing on Matt and my great room, dining room, kitchen, and some of the outdoor areas.  But just to get you in the mood, isn't the above kitchen dreamy???  

Starting in the great room, it is a pretty standard hang out area.  We are contemplating a shiplap fireplace with tile around the surround.  Any suggestions for the side built-ins would be welcome!  Maybe something like this:

One of the early decisions we had to make early was whether we wanted the TV on the wall opposite the kitchen, which would be awesome except the fireplace would then take windows from the wall facing the field.  We decided to put the TV over the fireplace and keep the wall of windows (spoiler alert, my parents chose the opposite)  :)  

Because we don't have a formal dining room, so our brilliant architect made some helpful suggestions.  First, there is a larger-than-normal distance between the dining area and the kitchen island to allow us to move the table at an angle if we need to accommodate a lot of people.  He also designed a larger-than-normal distance between the kitchen island and the fireplace so we could add a smaller table there.  

Finally, he said that the screened-in porch...errrr....lanai....would be a great place for overflow eating space.  He therefore designed a double slider to create a seamless flow between the two rooms.

And on to the kitchen...

We wanted a no-wasted-space floor plan, so there are no formal dining areas, no formal living areas, no formal-anything!  As for the kitchen, it has large island with a farmhouse sink.  Need to start putting money aside to fund this amazing farmhouse sink that I fell in love with...

Native Trails Sink

Can you imagine, no spots?  I love the curve front as well.  

The gas range will have a pot filler above it and a framed-in hood.  There is a spot for a wine fridge, but we all know that we drink wine out of a box, so the wine fridge will likely (definitely) be a canned adult beverage refrigerator.

Funny story about pot fillers--I have a good friend who had a house with a pot filler installed.  She said that the pot filler has flooded the house on two occasions.  At first, I assumed that the valve leaked or something similar.  But alas, no.  The first time, she started filling a pot and then walked away.  She forgot to go back right away until it was too late.  Same thing happened to a chef she hired to host a girls' party at her house.

It makes sense--you usually fill up a pot in your kitchen sink that has a drain.  I tell you this story only because I am in the hunt for a self-shut-off pot filler.  I am more scattered than my friend, so I think this is a definite concern :)

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