Bobby Berk Groups up with Corian® Design to Create Kitchens for the Fab 5

Design and residential decor skilled Bobby Berk is in every single place – from Queer Eye to Taylor Swift’s newest video and a few dozen locations in between. However we assure that there’s nothing a designer loves greater than their abilities being put to the check. And what design problem may very well be higher than Bobby teaming up with Corian® Design to dive into their new product releases and create kitchen designs from the identical area footprint for every of his Fab 5 castmates? Our reply: none.

The aesthetics of the Corian® Design merchandise symbolize the telling of a narrative, since you’re not simply designing a kitchen, you’re making it your area and displaying off your character. The supplies, textures, and finishes chosen say a lot about somebody’s fashion, how they use the realm, and what elements matter most to them. Corian® Design offers a various palette of patterns and colours in each strong floor and quartz materials to assist your area grow to be uniquely you.

Antoni’s Kitchen Design

Every of the Fab 5 has such a powerful, distinctive character that we knew Bobby would simply be capable to discover and choose options and finishes for every of them from the Corian® Design portfolio of wide-ranging decisions.

Recognized on Queer Eye because the wine and meals skilled, Bobby honed in on designing Antoni Porowski’s kitchen to be purposeful above all else. “From the in-built vary, to the cantilevered chopping block, to the stroll in fridge, what isn’t there and permits him to make wholesome meals? I actually needed to create a ‘cooks’ kitchen for this one with all of the bells and whistles however executed in a delicate method that’s nonetheless trendy and clear like his aesthetic.”

“Antoni’s kitchen is all about cooking, and all the pieces else was secondary. I needed to create curiosity by means of angular traces and shapes versus using plenty of completely different supplies. I used to be additionally ready to make use of some very trendy ideas, just like the cantilevered sink and the built-in vary space that attracts the attention visually in to these ‘cooking areas’,” Bobby shared.

Bobby went on to elucidate, “In Antoni’s kitchen we went with Corian® Stable Floor in Ash Concrete on the island. The strong floor materials is one that may be made utterly seamless as soon as it’s put in which suggests we may actually create a big monolithic island like we needed for the area. For the island, we needed it to function a central gathering place for everybody whereas he cooks and prepares his meals and the strong floor is ideal for that – the non-porous floor resists stains so he can put together absolutely anything he desires on that countertop with out fear that it’s going to go away any residue or mark behind.”

“For the hood space and counter tops we used Corian® Quartz in Ashen Gray, it has simply sufficient variance to present some motion to the massive wall that we put in it on with out distracting from the minimal aesthetic occurring within the kitchen. Past that it’s scratch and warmth resistant which makes it the proper choice for the cooking space, the place pots and pans can be on and off the burners,” he shared.

Antoni’s Kitchen Design

With so many lovely choices from Corian® Design, how did Bobby handle to translate every castmate’s kitchen design to their particular person personalities and private aesthetics?

“You’ll discover little issues in all the kitchens that talk to every particular person. In Antoni’s, I needed to maintain the deal with cooking, with all the pieces else being extra easy and delicate, so I went for a contemporary and clear area that’s central across the meals prep components. 

For Karamo’s, it was about creating an area that employed combined supplies all coming collectively to create one cohesive story, and a spot folks may collect in. 

For Tan’s, I needed to present a nod to his extra conventional roots whereas bringing in some trendy supplies and components. 

And for Jonathan’s, I went extra playful and kooky. I needed to create an area for him to entertain, be with associates, and have everybody be capable to collect round a big desk within the heart.”

Karamo’s Kitchen Design

In case you’re a fan of the present, you already know that Karamo Brown oozes tradition and worldliness, giving Bobby fairly a bit to work with in his customized kitchen design. “In Karamo’s kitchen, I needed to make use of a use of a number of supplies in a single area. There may be brass, wooden, cement, combination, and iron. It’s a mirrored image of a few of the work that he doesn’t solely within the present however in his life – bringing folks of various cultural beliefs and backgrounds collectively into one harmonious area. The supplies work collectively to construct a stronger idea than they might in the event that they had been used on their very own,” Bobby added.

Bobby mentioned, “In Karamo’s kitchen, we needed to play with combined supplies and a play on tonal textures. So for the counter tops and the island we used two completely different coloration tones of Corian® Stable Floor. On the island, we went with the Impartial Combination after which on the counter tops and backsplash we went with a darker toned Carbon Combination. Stylistically the 2 tones work completely collectively within the area and the Stable Floor materials additionally signifies that it may be made exclusively seamless and can resist stains which is nice for the eat-in space on the island.” On this moody area, Bobby additionally utilized a Corian® Design Precision 9412 Sink in customized Carbon Concrete.

Karamo’s Kitchen Design

“This kitchen brings plenty of completely different components all into one area however in a harmonious method, which is one thing that I like to do in design. Relatively than bringing in plenty of coloration or sample, I like to usher in completely different supplies and texture to create visible curiosity.”

Every area is completely different, attention-grabbing, and particular – identical to the blokes.

Jonathan’s Kitchen Design

Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye’s resident grooming skilled, is thought for his daring fashion simply as a lot for the character that comes together with it. “In Jonathan’s kitchen, we needed to create a contented and welcoming area by mixing a number of supplies, finishes, and colours.”

“We began with Corian® Stable Floor Laguna, which we used on the hood space and floating shelf. The blue was the proper tone for his area and was the leaping off level for the remainder of the room. To stability out the blue and brighten it up we used Corian® Quartz Blue Carrara on the counter tops. It has the faintest blue veining all through the fabric which labored completely with the Laguna. On the backsplash we introduced in a 3rd materials that’s a brand new coloration and we adore it. The Corian® Stable Floor Pebble Terrazzo has a gray base with chips of white all through to create the terrazzo impact, and it’s playful and enjoyable identical to we needed this kitchen to really feel,” Bobby mentioned. A Corian® Precision 9412 sink in Glacier Ice can also be a part of the design.

Jonathan’s Kitchen Design

He went on to say, “Jonathan’s area is all about gathering. Relatively than utilizing an island in the course of the area, I opted for a big desk with chairs round it. It lends itself to a extra inviting, casual, and enjoyable ambiance within the kitchen.”

Tan’s Kitchen Design

Bobby shared of the present’s style skilled, “Tan’s kitchen was all about mixing conventional particulars with trendy supplies. For the counter tops, we went with Corian® Stable Floor Weathered Concrete, which has the proper taupey tone to it that evokes the look of an outdated English countertop. The sample within the floor offers it an exquisite patina and brings within the heat that we needed for his area together with the inexperienced cupboards.”

Tan’s Kitchen Design

“For the island we needed to do one thing daring and make it really feel like a freestanding piece of furnishings – very like you’d discover in an outdated English pub or manor. The island is constructed up from the ground to present it a freestanding look, then painted a standard English gray and topped with Corian® Stable Floor Silver Linear on the counter tops. The Silver Linear is a variated sample of stripes executed in an natural method that mimics the identical menswear-inspired stripe that we used on the roman shades. The strong floor materials is ideal for his island, which additionally homes his cooktop, because it doesn’t let stains penetrate the floor so he gained’t must be nervous when cooking.”  The Corian® BOLD 690 farm sink utilized in Glacier Ice is a part of the weather assortment.

The actual query is, to place Bobby on the spot, if he had to decide on one in all these kitchens as his personal which would it not be?

He mused, “Asking a designer to choose his favourite room is like asking a mom to choose their favourite little one. It simply isn’t attainable. There are such a lot of components that I really like from all of those kitchens that I’d like to have in my very own area. The identical goes for the supplies that I used within the areas. I really like so lots of the new colorways and textures that Corian® Design launched this 12 months.”

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