Indoor kitchens we have built — page 3

The deep sage of the framed doors gives the kitchen a botanical elegance: columns with illuminated glass cabinets, a grand canopy above the cooking zone, and the veined travertine worktop running across island and perimeter, rising into a splashback that protects the walls with the same stone. The wine cellar sits recessed in view, the candid refrigerator stands guard at the back, and the wooden table with straw-seated chairs completes the domestic picture. Glass pendants descend on cue above the island. With every appliance aboard, this is tradition brought up to date: full colour, true stone, complete function. The veined travertine — worktop and splashback cut to measure — is the mineral thread stitching the project together: the hand of the Michelessi workshop, stonework made in Italy. Sage does the rest: a colour that smells of good herbs, and ages better than most fashions. A green of good herbs and a stone of history: a perfect accord.

The old wooden ladder, propped at the centre of the scene, is the detail that tells the story: here one works, arranges, lives. Around it, the sky-grey lacquered kitchen spreads its handleless doors beneath the veined marble worktop, which rises into the wall top with its warm pattern of brown veining; LED-lit wall units illuminate the working zone, and the window brings in the day. Complete with appliances, this is a kitchen of understated elegance: powdery tones, true stone, considered light. The veined marble — worktop and cladding cut to measure — is the material heart of the project: continuity between horizontal and vertical demands matched slabs and exact joints, the craft the Michelessi workshop has always exercised. And the ladder, in the end, is a wish: may this kitchen always be a happy building site, of cakes and of plans. And when the ladder returns to the cellar, the kitchen will remain: ready, luminous, yours.

The peninsula crosses the room like a white pier: the top integrates the sink and the burners with griddle, the hood descends punctually from the ceiling, and at the end of the volume the open side shelves become a small domestic library — cookbooks, baskets, the objects that tell of the people who live here. Pale wood wall units suspended on the wall and an oak floor complete the tender palette. It is a solution that shows what a well-conceived peninsula can do: dividing without closing, offering generous counters on two sides, and granting storage where other projects leave a mute flank. The structure with side shelves is the practical signature of the bespoke: every house has its habits, and the kitchen must learn them. It is the method of Michelessi's indoor kitchens, with Italian craftsmanship finishing every open compartment: because even books, in the kitchen, deserve a well-built home.

An iron-and-timber mezzanine watches the scene from above, and the kitchen answers with its elegance in blue: the linear wall arrays tall units with built-in ovens, base cabinets with golden handles and a display case for the glasses; at the centre, an island in a lighter tone carries the sink and a dark counter, white stools ready for breakfast. Industrial windows bring the city indoors; a pale floor keeps everything luminous. This is elegant classic style revisited for contemporary spaces: framed profiles and deep colour, but clean lines and a full complement of appliances. Blue, declined in two tones, gives rhythm without breaking the harmony. The wooden structure ensures this elegance is more than a facade: hinges, drawers and doors work with the precision of Italian craftsmanship, the kind Michelessi builds into its made-to-measure indoor kitchens. A small domestic palazzo, with the kitchen as its piano nobile.

Brown Night marble gives this kitchen its name and its soul: the counters, made to measure, reveal its dark, clouded weave — an interlacing of umber, grey and white that recalls the sky shortly after sunset. Below, white drawers with a classic profile; beside them, the dark wood dresser with its aligned glasses and the counter advancing in the foreground with its generous thickness. The induction hob is integrated into the stone, and the sink conceals the most practical of details: the movable waste chute, which simplifies cleaning in a single gesture. A white orchid on the counter lights the scene like a gentle signature. This is the balance that distinguishes well-conceived projects: the scenography of marble and the intelligence of everyday solutions, sewn together by bespoke workmanship. Michelessi executes it with the care of Italian craftsmanship: because the beauty of stone, to endure, must marry the practicality of those who live with it.

The black hood descends from the ceiling and stops in mid-air above the burners, suspended like a conductor with open arms. Below, the peninsula with its dark worktop carries the battery of gas burners; white framed deep drawers with burnished handles keep the rhythm of the composition. Roman blinds filter the daylight, and in the background open shelves of metal and wood tell of a lived-in home, with its plants and its jars. It is the successful meeting of the classic flavour of framed doors and the modernity of a peninsula cooking area: a solution Michelessi indoor kitchens decline to measure, adapting depths, heights and worktop materials — up to quartz and expertly worked marble — to your real space. Italian craftsmanship does not copy catalogues: it listens to rooms, and draws accordingly. And every time you light the burners, that suspended hood will seem to lean in and listen.

The exposed brick wall sets the stage, rough and generous like certain city houses that refuse to hide their history. Before it, the grey kitchen answers with order: framed doors, a dark worktop of mineral depth, and the open shelves — black metal frame, pale wood boards — where plates, bowls and a trailing plant live in the light of day. It is a balance between industrial and domestic that gives an indoor kitchen character without robbing it of serenity. In Michelessi modular kitchens even the open element becomes a project: proportions, heights and materials are calibrated to measure, in dialogue with the worktops and the chosen finishes, from laminate to ceramic to expertly worked marble. Because Italian craftsmanship does not fear imperfect walls: it listens to them, and builds beside them something that makes them shine. A character that does not fear the years: it awaits them, with the calm of true materials.

On the black worktop, matte as a freshly wiped slate, the objects arrange themselves with ease: the veined white marble board, the pale espresso cups, the tidy stack of grey plates, the glossy edge of the induction hob. Below, pale framed doors with fine ribbing bring light to the base of the composition; to the side, the black mixer bends over the dark basin. It is a small daily theatre in which every material plays its part: black lending depth, white breathing, marble ennobling even a simple chopping board. Michelessi indoor kitchens live on these calibrated contrasts, built to measure with a deep knowledge of materials — from the technical surface of the worktop to authentic marble, worked according to tradition. Because domestic elegance is never an accident: it is a discreet direction, renewed at every breakfast.

The drawer glides forward and reveals its secret: an organised interior, the tools of the trade arranged like a goldsmith's cabinet. Above, the speckled stone-effect worktop carries the flame of the gas burners; beside it, the dark wood peninsula holds white ceramic vases on open shelves. The scene tells the double nature of a well-designed indoor kitchen: the surface that shows itself, and the intelligence working unseen. Silent runners, handleless fronts, every centimetre used with measure: it is the care Michelessi devotes to its made-to-measure modular kitchens, where the interior fittings are worth as much as the exterior finish. True craftsmanship reveals itself exactly this way: open a drawer, and you know at once whom you are dealing with. The rest — the wood, the stone, morning light on the burners — follows naturally. Open and close it ten times: the tenth will be as silent and precise as the first.

Beneath the crystal chandelier, the classic kitchen arranges itself in a corner with white cabinets, dark counters and a wall of precious tiles; but the heart of the scene is the island: a generous wedge-shaped form with a uniform grey composite top, opening toward the room like a spread fan and gathering pale seats all around. It is not merely a worktop: it is a table, a bar, a meeting point drawn for conversation. The wedge geometry, with its generous curve, demands a top shaped entirely to measure: composite material obliges willingly, guaranteeing uniform colour and everyday resistance. It is the kind of solution born from dialogue between desire and technique, where the working of the surfaces — composite, quartz or marble — follows the design, never the other way round. Michelessi's Italian craftsmanship lies precisely here: giving exact form to ideas, even when they step outside the frame.

The sink area plays on two heights: the working counter and the raised parapet, both in white veined marble, screening the work and offering an extra resting surface — a double level that organises the gestures and shields the view from the dining area. Around it, the classic corner kitchen unfolds white cabinets, column ovens and the warm light of pendant lamps; at the centre, the illuminated island carries its marble top upon a midnight-blue wooden base, a deep colour that gives character to the whole room. It is a project that proves how functional tradition can be: every level, every height, every material has a precise task. Bespoke marble work — counters, upstands, double thicknesses — is the key that holds form and service together: Michelessi executes it with the experience of Italian craftsmanship, where elegance is never separated from use. The midnight blue, then, does the rest: an author's touch.

The whole grammar of the country house is in this frame: the dark shelf with its plates and hanging boards, the travertine counter carrying the sink and gas burners, the oven corner advancing with its architecture of pale stone, and walnut-toned doors framed in oat-coloured masonry. A mat spread on the terracotta, an iron chair just visible: details of real life, not of a catalogue. The Ivana kitchen proves that bespoke is no abstract luxury: it is the possibility of having the oven where it is needed, the barbecue beside it, counters at one's own height, materials that age with grace. Roman travertine, with its warm porosity, and solid wood, with its patina, are ideal travelling companions: they ask only to be worked by hands that know them. Those are the hands Michelessi devotes to every project: because the true family kitchen is built only once.

The writing on the wall declares it with a wink: this is a kitchen made for dancing. And the atmosphere does invite: the dark volumes of the wooden structure absorb the light, the Laminam top spreads its thin, technical surface with induction hob and sink integrated, and the counter gathers leather stools where friends sit while someone cooks. Black bell lamps descend in a row, yellow flowers brighten the top, the double oven and built-in refrigerator work within the columns. This is the contemporary convivial kitchen: dark, enveloping, made for evenings that stretch long. Laminam — thin, high-performance ceramic — is the ideal partner for this way of living: it resists scratches, heat and stains without asking for attention. Michelessi's bespoke work integrates it into the structure with the care of Italian craftsmanship: because even a kitchen that dances needs solid foundations.

The glossy white lacquer of the doors gathers the light and returns it softly, multiplied by reflections: the kitchen bends in an L along the walls, with ordered wall units, LED lights beneath the modules and the steel sink in the working corner. The dark slatted wall at the back adds the material counterpoint the white was asking for; flowers on the counter and cake stands with sweets tell of a house that loves to entertain. This is the essential elegance of lacquered kitchens: clean surfaces, discreet handles, everything in its place and complete with appliances. Behind the apparent simplicity stands the quality of the wooden structure and the finishes: a well-drawn lacquer shows its worth over the years, when it goes on reflecting without shadows. It is the care Michelessi puts into its bespoke indoor kitchens, in the manner of Italian craftsmanship: the quiet luxury of things done well, which need never raise their voice to be remembered.

Glass walls frame the garden and the afternoon light comes in to warm the walnut of the island: richly grained solid wood carries a pale worktop where the induction zone works at the centre, served by three golden lamps descending like drops of honey. Beyond the island, the dining area with its upholstered chairs looks out to the green; to the right, a wooden wall holds the fireplace and television, stitching kitchen and living room into a single domestic narrative. Complete with oven and every appliance, this is the kitchen of houses that live wide open: you prepare dinner watching the lawn, you talk without walls in between. Solid walnut gives the substance; the light worktop, luminous and practical, keeps the scene serene. This is made-to-measure as Michelessi practises it in its indoor kitchens: proportions tailored to the real space, materials that warm, Italian craftsmanship in the details. And the garden, every evening, joins the table.

Black lighting tracks cross the ceiling and aim at the scene: a dark wall with a band of wood and built-in ovens, and before it a white island that sets the sink flush into its top and extends into an oak counter, where black stools line up for breakfast. A warm timber floor binds the two worlds — the technical and the convivial — while a potted plant adds its punctual green. Fully equipped, this is a kitchen that has chosen contrast as its language: black that organises, white that welcomes, wood that unites. Porcelain stoneware cladding keeps the surfaces ready for real life: resilient, uniform, easy. It is the contemporary formula of Michelessi indoor kitchens, built to measure with a wooden structure and Italian craftsmanship: design you can see, and substance — as always — that you feel beneath your hands.

The white island holds the centre with its integrated induction hob and handleless lines; behind it, the black wall opens into a wooden niche lit by LED — the warm stage where the worktop breathes between dark volumes. The ovens sit in their column, the sink works within the niche, and the complement of appliances is complete to the last detail. To the side, grey velvet dining chairs and a gilded mirror on the far wall tell of a home that tends every room with the same eye. Porcelain stoneware cladding keeps the surfaces uniform and ready for daily use. This is black and white softened by wood: the contemporary formula that does not age, built to measure on the wooden structure of Michelessi indoor kitchens. You recognise artisan craftsmanship in the transitions between materials: clean, precise, natural — as if no effort had been needed at all. And that is exactly where the effort hides.

White arched doorways frame the scene like theatre wings, and at the centre the great black island imposes its elegance: a base with framed panels, a pale marble top with the sink set flush within it, and a row of dark metal stools waiting for breakfast beneath steel bell lamps. Around it, the white kitchen rises to the ceiling with its columns, mantel hood and stainless refrigerator; a dark timber floor anchors the brightness of the whole, and a vase of green branches signs the counter. Fully equipped, this is the kitchen of important houses that have no wish to feel like museums: everything is beautiful, and everything is used. The island's marble, worked to measure with the sink cut in to perfection, is the project's heart of stone: Michelessi quality — Italian craftsmanship, selected slabs, exact finishes — placed each day at the service of the morning coffee.

The island is a small pantry in plain sight: a plate rack with its dishes aligned, a bottle rack with wooden lozenges, drawers with classic handles — and at its head a solid wood bar table, a generous block where wooden stools gather for breakfast. A travertine top crowns the grey-blue base with its pale stone; around it, the white kitchen works with column ovens and a discreet hood. This is the classic kitchen of real homes: everything within reach of hand and eye, beauty born of use rather than pose. The travertine counter, cut to measure, adds the mineral nobility the wood was asking for; the solid timber of the table brings the thickness that invites you to lean in. It is the balance of Michelessi indoor kitchens: Italian craftsmanship, materials that age well, and an island that is at once pantry, workbench and heart of the home.

The cloud chandelier — dozens of crystal stems — bursts silently above the island and signs the scene: below, a white porcelain stoneware top runs clean with the induction hob built in, carried by walnut volumes with flame-figured grain. Walnut columns with twin ovens, suspended wall units, the green of plants against dark walls: every element plays the contrast between warm wood and candid surfaces. Oven and sink complete the equipment. This is scenographic modern that stays liveable: true materials, clear geometry, and a single theatrical gesture — that chandelier — to light it all. The white stoneware top guarantees spotless daily service; the structure and doors in wood bring joinery of substance. It is the formula of Michelessi indoor kitchens: made to measure, handcrafted in Italy, and just the right dose of wonder overhead.