Next Up

Kitchen + Dining: Bold Midcentury Kitchen

From: Natalie Myers

Clean lines, colorblocked cabinets and ceramic pendant lights all give this kitchen some bold, midcentury style. Designer Natalie Myers also outfitted the space with a sleek island, three light wood barstools and a matching dining set where the owners and their friends can gather for dinner.

Great Room With Gray Beams

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

Scroll For More Photos

1 / 15

Midcentury Modern Great Room With Gray Beams

Designers removed a wall separating the kitchen and living room to create one large and easy-flowing great room. Painting the exposed beam ceiling gray and white helps call attention to the architecture.

Midcentury Modern Eat-In Kitchen

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

2 / 15

Midcentury Modern Eat-In Kitchen With Green Cabinet

The kitchen and adjacent dining area's design was drawn from nature and the home's midcentury modern architecture. Ikea cabinet boxes with mahogany and color block fronts made by Semihandmade were budget-friendly without sacrificing style. Bespoke ceramic light pendants are by Heather Rosenman.

Multicolored Midcentury Open Plan Kitchen

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

3 / 15

Multicolored Midcentury Modern Open Plan Kitchen

Epoxy floors weren't easy to get right: It took five tries to get the ideal color and sheen. But their glossy brightness adds hugely to the overall fresh-faced, cheerful mood.

Midcentury Kitchen With Color Block Cabinets

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

4 / 15

Midcentury Modern Kitchen With Color Block Cabinets

Chef-grade appliances are seamlessly integrated into the mahogany cabinets. The cabinets' select colored panels feel whimsical and unstudied, a very fun way to bring color into the space.

Color Block Kitchen Cabinet

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

5 / 15

Color Block Kitchen Cabinet and Shelf

Texture, texture everywhere! The kitchen is a fun study of mixed materials that all work beautifully together. Even dishes are a masterful part of the display!

Multicolored Midcentury Modern Kitchen

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

6 / 15

Multicolored Midcentury Modern Kitchen With Color Blocking

Color is a vibrant part of the redesigned kitchen, thanks to color-blocked cabinet fronts that take turns with mahogany ones. Open shelving shows off pretty ceramic dishware, a nice visual tie-in with the ceramic pendant lights.

Midcentury Kitchen With Ceramic Pendants

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

7 / 15

Midcentury Modern Kitchen With Ceramic Pendants

The couple who own the home saved money in some areas—Ikea kitchen cabinets—so that they could splurge in others: appliances and bespoke ceramic pendant lights. The floor is durable epoxy.

Color Block Kitchen Cabinet

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

8 / 15

Color Block Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop

The creamy backsplash is made from glazed thin brick specialty tiles that pair beautifully with the color block cabinets and fresh white countertops.

Multicolored Midcentury Modern Kitchen

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

9 / 15

Multicolored Midcentury Modern Open Plan Kitchen

The darker mahogany and color block cabinets are balanced out by white paneling, countertops and epoxy flooring. Appliances cleverly become part of the color block look.

Ceramic Pendant Light

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

10 / 15

Ceramic Pendant Light and Kitchen Cabinets

Artist Heather Rosenman designed the beautiful ceramic pendants that light the kitchen, a splurge that gives the room unique texture and personality.

Midcentury Living Room With Wood Paneling

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

11 / 15

Midcentury Modern Living Room With Wood Paneling

The media room gets a lovely wood-paneled backdrop; each panel was hand-milled so it lined up exactly with the ceiling beams. Sunlight streams in through floor-to-ceiling windows.

Midcentury Living Room With Paper Lantern

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

12 / 15

Neutral Midcentury Modern Living Room With Paper Lantern

One of the beautiful things about the living room is how open and simple it looks. Items feel hand-picked and there's enough space to really see them all.

Midcentury Modern Living Room

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

13 / 15

Midcentury Modern Living Room With White Fireplace

A coat of white paint helped the fireplace blend in more harmoniously with the great room. The extended shelf beneath it was done in slate blue, a handsome contrast to the red oak rift cut wall paneling.

Midcentury Living Room With White Fireplace

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

14 / 15

Midcentury Modern Living Room With White Fireplace

Designers kept the interiors bright and airy with light-colored furniture, a white fireplace and white paneled ceiling. All the pale colors help bounce the sunlight around the rooms.

Midcentury Modern Rocking Chair

Photo: Amy Bartlam. From: Natalie Myers

15 / 15

Midcentury Modern Rocking Chair and Stool

An upholstered rocking chair makes one corner of the great room cozy. A simple wood stool-as-end table nicely balances the softer chair and ottoman.

Related Pages