Go lighter
Designer Ashley Whittaker gutted the kitchen in a small New York City apartment, replacing the dark cabinetry and terra-cotta tiles with white cupboards and Carrara marble. “The room now feels twice as big,” she says. The Rose Cumming Zebrine wallpaper is in the client’s favorite color: navy.
The slim white table provides extra counter space and doubles as a breakfast nook. Whittaker dressed up a barstool with a vivid faux snakeskin. Rather than recessed lighting, she chose a cherry-red birdcage lantern.