An Open Family Kitchen in Toronto Kitchen Spotlight

In 2011 Toronto architect John Tong bought an old back alley dairy and turned it into a home. By "hacking Ikea shelves, repurposing his boutique-hotel designs, and scooping vintage treasures from the trash and the auction block" he turned the industrial building into a fun playhouse for his kids. The "rough-and-ready" kitchen, made with reclaimed wood cladding, is open to the rest of the home to encourage the whole family to hang out together. It's relaxed and functional.

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That is so cool, sadly, to view anything on Dwell, it appears you have to subscribe, for a fee, thus could not see the slideshow.

I love the color they chose for the kitchen cabinets, bery retro in that shade of green, and I'm not a green kind of guy either, butit works well here. Love the small speakers as part of the backsplash behind the sink, very cool.

This is a kind of place I'd love to find personally, and put my stamp on it.