#butcher clock

It started as a simple brick design but the homeowner demanded a fireplace worthy of the dog.

A hearth in the kitchen can offer a comfortable place for one or two people to sit, out of the way of food preparation but close to the center of activity.

Kitchen of the Berkeley house. Once the victim of an incongruous remodeling in the 1950s, the low-key restraint of this room’s renovation has successfully achieved the owner’s goals of creating a modern working kitchen with an Arts and Crafts sensibility.