Indoor kitchens we have built — page 5

The peninsula counter hides a convivial secret: a lozenge wine rack set into the volume, ready to offer the right bottle without leaving the kitchen. Above, a pale top with integrated sink; around it, the linear composition in white and dove-grey lacquer arrays glossy wall units, a column with the oven, the refrigerator and the hob, beneath three copper lamps descending over the counter. A polished floor and LED light complete the modern register. This is the kitchen of the contemporary apartment: compact yet complete, elegant without posing, every function declared and in place. Linear modern style gives its best when the construction is precise: doors in true, LEDs without shadows, exact cut-outs. It is the quality Michelessi builds into its made-to-measure indoor kitchens: a wooden structure, Italian craftsmanship — and a wine rack within reach, because conviviality is a function too.

The composition resolves the corner with intelligence: a cream column houses the oven and the microwave niche, glossy bases carry a dark stoneware counter with the sink, and a corner table with upholstered chairs joins the kitchen zone, turning a passage into a dining room. A cluster of lamps descends over the table; soft curtains and a polished floor complete the welcoming register. Fully equipped, this is the kitchen of spaces that must do everything: cook, dine, receive — without a centimetre of waste. The dark stoneware counter works serenely above the cream; the lacquered wooden structure guarantees the precision of the volumes. Made-to-measure gives its best in difficult floor plans: Michelessi indoor kitchens, drawn on the true corners of true homes, with craftsmanship that has always taken every constraint as an invitation to do better. The corner table gathers the family: the rest of the kitchen does its work, in silence.

Window light crosses the room and settles on the glossy stoneware counter: the white classic-style kitchen unfolds its framed doors, the X-grilles of the bottle rack, a mantel hood above the range with its oven, and a wood-clad built-in refrigerator that disappears into the composition. At the centre, a fog grey island with a pale top organises the preparation; white tile cladding and an oak floor complete the warm, orderly register. With sink and hood closing the equipment, this is the kitchen of a family that entertains often: generous, luminous, tireless. Glossy stoneware counters guarantee surfaces ready for anything; the lacquered wooden structure brings the joinery of substance that classic style demands. It is Michelessi made-to-measure: indoor kitchens built with artisan craftsmanship — and that air of a happy home no catalogue can imitate.

LED lights run in thin blades along the volumes and turn the kitchen into a nocturnal gallery: glossy cream columns, a porcelain stoneware counter that reflects just enough, and display niches with warm backdrops where bottles and objects stand like collector's pieces. A golden timber floor accompanies the perspective; a dark hood marks the working zone. Fully equipped, this is a kitchen that has understood the power of lighting: not an accessory, but a material of the project — dosed, directed, designed together with the volumes. The stoneware counter assures the service; the lacquered wooden structure brings the precision that glossy surfaces demand. It is the scenographic style of Michelessi indoor kitchens: made to measure even in its light, with artisan craftsmanship setting the LEDs the way gems are set — to the millimetre, and only where they truly fire the scene. A perspective that ushers in your guests like a red carpet: straight to the stove.

The island is long and luminous as a pier at morning: glossy white surfaces, a thin white stoneware top, and in the flank the central open shelves — a small library where cookbooks and cherished objects live in view, lined in dark for depth. Behind, columns with wooden niches and shelves compose the fitted wall; a teapot on the counter waits for five o'clock. With hob, sink and oven completing the equipment, this is a kitchen that joins the rigour of white to the confidence of open shelving: it shows what it loves, hides what it needs. Glossy white stoneware demands impeccable execution — every shadow shows — and the lacquered wooden structure guarantees it. It is the balance of Michelessi indoor kitchens: made to measure, artisan craftsmanship, and an island that is worktop, library and home harbour in one.

The atmosphere is that of a private club from another era: black doors with grilles and frames, brass profiles firing the volumes, solid wood counters carrying their warm honey above the dark bases. At the centre of the wall, a professional steel range with burners and oven works beneath a recessed hood; illuminated shelves display bottles and glasses like a well-stocked bar. Complete with every appliance, this is the kitchen of those who love to entertain in a dark, generous style: important materials, low lights, details that gleam. The solid wood structure gives the substance this aesthetic demands: heavy doors that close well, counters that welcome without fear. It is the most theatrical register of Michelessi indoor kitchens: made to measure, artisan craftsmanship — and a black so well dressed you feel like setting the table in a dinner jacket. Brass and black, dosed by a steady hand: the result wins everyone over.

A striped runner leads the way to the heart of the kitchen: the ocean-blue island with its white polished stoneware worktop, attended by two blown-glass pendants that descend like bubbles caught mid-air. Around it, the white classical composition deploys its columns, framed wall units, a discreet hood and the range with its burners; the dark wood floor lends depth, and the window at the far end lets in the day. Complete with sink and hob, this is the kitchen that misses not a single detail of its genre: white that brings order, blue that signs the work, light that caresses. The classical style demands precise execution — frames, lacquers, alignments — and the lacquered wood structure guarantees it for years to come. Polished stoneware surfaces add modern practicality to traditional form. This is the recipe of Michelessi indoor kitchens: bespoke, pure Italian craftsmanship, and a blue island that instantly becomes the centre of every conversation.

Polished solid wood sets the room's warm tone: oak doors with honest grain compose base and wall units with glazed cabinets, and the central island — its rounded corner softening its presence — holds the wine cellar on display, ready for the right bottle. The grey travertine worktop runs above doors and drawers; the steel hood works beneath its wooden canopy, and a black lamp drops precisely over the island. Complete with appliances, this is the kitchen of organised conviviality: everything within reach, including wine at the proper temperature. The curves of the solid wood and the built-in cellar speak of a joinery that never backs down; the travertine worktop, cut to measure, adds mineral substance. This is the warm register of Michelessi indoor kitchens: materials that age well, workmanship that endures — and a rounded corner that welcomes like a sincere handshake. Curved wood and wine within reach: conviviality, here, is at home.

The project doubles down: two parallel islands divide the labour — fire on one, a central sink on the other — turning the kitchen into a domestic laboratory where two can work without ever crossing paths. Dark lacquered wood volumes run low and clean; the columns at the back house the ovens and the pantry, and the pale travertine floor spreads the light of windows onto the garden. This is the solution of true cooks: separate routes, generous surfaces, each function with its own territory. A double island demands space and, above all, design: alignments, concealed services, proportions that keep the whole harmonious. This is the terrain of mature bespoke work: Michelessi indoor kitchens, built on wooden structures with genuine Italian craftsmanship, know how to orchestrate even complex geographies. The result is a kitchen that works like a brigade — and welcomes like a home. Try cooking as a pair on a layout like this: no one goes back willingly to a single island.

The mint green of the glossy doors is a breath of fresh air: the composition runs linear with its pale porcelain stoneware worktop, sink, built-in oven and suspended cylindrical hood, while the solid wood table — a compact, generous block — stands beside the kitchen with its living matter. A patterned grey rug softens each step; wooden shelves keep daily life within reach. This is the kitchen that proves the gentle power of colour: one unexpected tone, dosed with restraint, and the whole room changes mood. The stoneware worktop works practically above the gloss lacquer — which, well executed, reflects light without a single wave. The wooden structure holds it all with precision. This is the freshness of Michelessi indoor kitchens: bespoke work, the courage of happy colours — supported, as always, by serious construction. A colour that lifts the spirits and a build that settles them: a winning pair.

The composition works across two stones: a dark quartzite worktop running along the white base units, carrying the sink and the working zone, and a veined marble top cladding the cooking wall with its grey, clouded pattern beneath LED-lit wall units. The induction hob, black built-in oven and integrated fridge complete the declared equipment; a counter with stools closes the peninsula towards the black-framed window. This is urban white that never renounces matter: unadorned doors provide the frame, and the stones do the telling. Pairing quartzite with marble takes an ear for tone and precision at every joint: the sensitivity of Michelessi's bespoke work, handcrafted in Italy for surfaces that will live beneath your hands every day. The result is a complete, luminous kitchen — with two stones at work, and no rivalry between them.

The midnight-blue island holds the centre with generosity: a white breakfast top, stools with upholstered seats, and open shelves where white ceramics — jugs, tureens, teapots — stand on show like a family collection. Above, glass and metal lanterns descend in symmetry; around, the white classical kitchen works with its canopy hood, corner shelves and steel dishwasher. The pale splashback behind the cooking zone completes the serene register. Complete with appliances, this is a kitchen for homes that love to show their beautiful things: the island as a daily stage, white as stage light. The lacquered wood structure keeps everything in register; bespoke design fits each compartment to the real collection. This is the spirit of Michelessi indoor kitchens: tradition, well built — and grandmother's ceramics, at last, in the place of honour. Beautiful things displayed, and used: because collections, in a kitchen, must live.

The project unites warmth and night: pale island bases, lit from below by an LED strip, carry the dark veined marble top where dinner takes shape; hanging bulbs descend in a cluster like fireflies at rest, and the column with the wine cellar keeps its bottles behind glass. The dark wall with marble cladding and illuminated shelves completes the backdrop; stools wait at the island table. Complete with appliances, this is a kitchen that moves from family lunch to drinks with friends without changing its dress. The veined marble, cut to measure, holds the centre of the composition with its living matter: edges, thicknesses and recesses tell of an expert hand. This is the convivial register of Michelessi indoor kitchens: handcrafted in Italy, with lighting thought through — and the wine, like the guests, always at the right temperature. The right design never chooses between celebration and the everyday: it welcomes both, with the same ease.

The linear composition flows with Nordic lightness: solid wood bases grained in pale oak, a slim dark worktop with white sink and hob, and dark brown wall units closing the top with their open shelves. The white hood with its curved profile descends softly above the burners; the white oven sits in its column, and a designer chair beside the glazing signs the room. This is modern style that has learned the Scandinavian lesson: real wood, white in measure, function without rhetoric. Complete with oven, hob, hood and sink, the kitchen works with apparent simplicity — which is, in the end, the most refined form of precision. The solid wood structure guarantees substance; the careful finishes carry the hand of Michelessi indoor kitchens: bespoke work, and that serene light that makes every morning feel like a good beginning. Nordic simplicity with Italian substance: a meeting that always works.

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.

A mineral-grey wall and a metal bookcase set the loft tone; the kitchen answers with the warmth of oak: island bases, wall units with black-profiled glass fronts, an equipped shelf beneath the floating modules. The dark veined marble top crowns the island and extends into the wooden table, served by an industrial stool; a black dome lamp descends on cue, and the wine cellar keeps its bottles in view and in order. Complete with appliances, this is mature metropolitan taste: true materials, clear geometry, warm atmosphere within an urban shell. The veined marble top, cut to measure, is the note of prestige that ennobles the whole: dark stone binding oak and black together with perfect ease. This is the Michelessi formula for indoor kitchens: wooden structure, workshop precision — and that balance of loft and home that keeps both happy. Loft outside, home within: oak holds the two souls together, naturally.

Pale oak dresses the kitchen in its Nordic serenity: columns, wall units with a steel shelf, orderly base cabinets — and at the centre the island with its hob beneath the great suspended steel hood, extending its grey worktop into the table where black chairs gather. A dresser with glass doors completes the wall; dark worktops provide the counterpoint to the blond wood. A kitchen complete with oven, sink and integrated fridge: everything declared, everything present. This is the project of the family that lives in its kitchen: cooking at the centre, eating alongside, always together. The wooden structure carries the warmth; the technical worktops the practicality. This is the proven balance of Michelessi indoor kitchens: bespoke in proportion, made in Italy in every joint — and an island that, like all good tables, is never quite big enough for everyone who would like a seat.

Black tracks cross the ceiling and light a composition of confident rhythm: the brown wall with its oak cabinets and working band, columns housing the ovens, and the island worktop — white, clean-edged, with integrated sink — gathering four black stools along its convivial side. The golden wood floor warms the scene; the window at the back lets it breathe. Complete with appliances, this is the kitchen of the mature open plan: the island as worktop and counter in one, free circulation, materials in dialogue — brown that anchors, white that opens, wood that binds. A composition in horizontal bands demands perfect alignments: the precision that the lacquered wood structure guarantees, with the hand of the Michelessi workshop. Bespoke, exact — and an island where work and company, at last, no longer take turns: they live together.