Working within the home’s existing footprint, the homeowners insisted on a completely bespoke design that pushed the design team to think outside the box. The couple was looking to create a space in the kitchen for the husband to call his own, while his wife dedicates time to her culinary passions. To the right of a large wall of windows, floor-to-ceiling cabinetry was created to offer much-needed storage space. It was built with slab doors to keep the wall clean, and wrapped in quarter-figured sycamore wood. The window and cooking wall house additional lower metal cabinets, and the prep area across from the cooking zone holds a butcher block, black walnut top, with a hole cut out for a composting container below.