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Fourteen stops, from the room as a whole to the breakfast room beside it.

  1. The room, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    The room

    From the corner by the gallery hall: the tall wall of walnut cabinets on the right, the range on the far wall, and the island between them. The breakfast room is through the opening on the left; the butler's pantry and the way down to the lower level are behind the door at the far end.

  2. Island, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Island

    Close on ten feet long, under a marble top that turns down to the floor at each end, with walnut reeds on the side toward the breakfast room and drawers on the side toward the tall wall. The sink is in it; four stools stand at the reeds.

  3. Island light, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Island light

    One long bar of light in brushed brass, hung on two fine rods the length of the island.

  4. Counter stools, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Counter stools

    Round seats in pale bouclé on slender black frames, with a brass ring for the feet.

  5. Range, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Range

    A 36-inch range in steel with brass knobs, in the middle of the east wall, between runs of walnut cabinets under a stone top, deep drawers for pans either side of it.

  6. Range hood, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Range hood

    A plain box of walnut that runs up to the ceiling, over a slab of marble that covers the whole wall behind the range. A walnut shelf each side has a line of light under it.

  7. Cabinetry, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Cabinetry

    The south wall is one run of tall walnut cabinets — larder cupboards, the ovens and the refrigerator — with brass pulls, and a row of shorter cupboards over them up to the crown, flush from end to end.

  8. Refrigerator, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Refrigerator

    Built in at the end of the tall wall, behind a pair of full-height doors.

  9. Wall ovens, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Wall ovens

    A pair of ovens one above the other in the tall wall, at a height that needs no bending.

  10. Sink, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Sink

    Let into the stone of the island, on its working side.

  11. Faucet, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Faucet

    A square-necked tap in brushed brass, with a separate handle.

  12. Flooring, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Flooring

    Pale oak boards, running through to the breakfast room and the halls without a threshold.

  13. The breakfast room, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    The breakfast room

    Twenty-two feet by sixteen, beside the kitchen under a roof of its own. A round stone table for six under two rings of light, a walnut sideboard, and five arched windows to the terrace and the pool.

  14. Skylights, in the kitchen of the Traditional House.

    Skylights

    Five skylights in the flat roof over the breakfast room, each in a shaft of its own through the ceiling, so the table has daylight from above as well as from the garden.

Questions about this page

Are the products the ones in the picture?

No. The picture is a design illustration and its appliances are generic. The products are items on sale that match each thing in the room, read from the public pages of the stores named on each card.

Does Noble's Crest sell them?

No. Each card links to the store's own page, where the store's price and terms apply. Prices and availability change; the date on a card is when it was read.

Why do some things have nothing listed?

The list is only as good as the stores that publish their products openly, and it is added to over time. Nothing is invented to fill a gap.

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