Empty Alcove in the Kitchen? That’s What Moroccan-Inspired Cement Tiles Are For

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was the founding Design and Lifestyle Editor for Kitchn and the Managing Editor for Apartment Therapy’s green living site, Re-Nest (RIP). After a few years offline and then working elsewhere, she’s back to share ideas about design, kids, and family life. It’s helpful that she now has two little kids and lots of thoughts about all those things. She lives with said kids and their father in St. Paul, MN.
published Jan 5, 2015
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(Image credit: Maxwell Tielman for Design*Sponge)

Clearly. Because after seeing this kitchen, I’m convinced an empty and crumbling kitchen archway is exactly the kind of problem I need in my future.

(Image credit: Maxwell Tielman for Design*Sponge)

The owners of this kitchen, photographer Julia Sherman and her husband Adam Katz, recently shared with Design*Sponge how they lovingly and painstakingly restored their “haunted” wreck of a townhome in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

The showstopping detail in the home is, naturally, the Moroccan star-patterned arched backsplash in the couple’s kitchen. This particular wall section was falling apart, so to highlight the architecture and make the most of that wall section, Julia decided to add a little accent color. The original Moroccan star pattern mosaic she fell in love with was out of her budget, so instead she affordably recreated the look with custom-painted cement tile. Gorgeous!

(Image credit: Maxwell Tielman for Design*Sponge)

How would you like that to be your dishwashing view? Not too shabby.

See more kitchen photos and the full House Tour → First-Time Renovators Create a Dream Brooklyn Townhome at Design*Sponge

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