5 Ways to Bring Bespoke Luxury to Your Kitchen
To experience effortless luxury every day, enhance your kitchen with heritage-rich designs.
This story was originally written by the Houzz team.
Designing a kitchen is a balancing act between beauty and utility, tradition and innovation, and personal style and timeless appeal. But when it comes to your appliances, you don’t have to compromise. The key to capturing the best of both worlds lies in bringing in artisanal designs that provide both ease and elegance to dramatically elevate the cooking experience.
Handcrafted by artisans in Italy, ILVE’s collection of cooking appliances marries timeless European design with chef-grade performance. These aren’t just appliances; they’re centerpieces of a home built around joy, culture and easy elegance. Read on for a few of our favorite design ideas, including insights from interior designer Rebecca McCullough that show how a high-performance kitchen upgrade can incorporate bespoke luxury into your everyday life.
1. Start With a Timeless Touch
Everyday luxury often means avoiding the trends of the moment, whether in colors, materials or shapes. For subtle sophistication, embrace timeless silhouettes that evoke the past while still letting you feel at home in your contemporary space. “In our current kitchen renovation, I considered timeless surrounding colors, finishes and silhouettes that complement my kitchen’s aesthetic,” McCullough says. “Beyond looks, I consider how the appliance fits into our lifestyle and what we value most. The best choices are those that seamlessly blend personal taste with everyday practicality.”
Shown here, ILVE’s Majestic range draws from classic European kitchens, handcrafted with curved lines, sculptural knobs and heritage finishes. The architectural beauty of the appliance reflects a rich cultural heritage of cooking while simultaneously feeling at home in the cozy, wood-accented kitchen. With a range of materials, colors and finishes to choose from, this range can be precisely tailored to your own style to create a kitchen with personality.
2. Maneuver More Smoothly With a Flexible Configuration
For easy elegance, design your kitchen with simplicity and effortless movements in mind. Consider how and what you like to cook, then build your range accordingly with gas or induction capability and your preferred arrangement of burners, griddles and cast iron pan grates. A modular cooktop layout and flexible cooking zones allow you to move smoothly from task to task so you never lose your cool.
For chef-level control and precision at your fingertips, build in intuitive functionality with ILVE’s customizable cooktops. Whether you prefer to cook with electricity, natural gas or liquid propane, their streamlined silhouettes are packed with culinary muscle, including all the elevated essentials you’ll need in a design-savvy kitchen. And when it comes to refined cooktop materials, ILVE’s stainless steel cooktops and black brass burners are a time-tested, classic look.
3. Create a Custom Look With Color
Subtle luxury doesn’t have to mean a subtle color palette. In fact, bespoke hues that reflect your personality bring the heart of the home to life and draw the eye to your artisanal appliances, giving the entire room a luxe, professional look. “Colorful kitchen ranges can make a bold statement, so the key is choosing a shade that feels both personal and versatile,” McCullough says. “Soft blues can add a vintage charm or a fresh, minimalist feel depending on the styling. For something more dramatic, a black range can anchor the room with elegance.”
For a sleeker, futuristic look that still feels soulful, custom colors like pearl, lustrous gold and champagne showcase a sophisticated, understated style. Stainless steel ranges, like ILVE’s Professional Plus (which uses AISI 304 steel – the material par excellence for professional chefs), shown here, also work beautifully in both traditional and modern spaces, adding richness without overwhelming the space. “Ultimately, it’s about balance. Let the range be your centerpiece, and build your palette around it to create a cohesive, character-filled kitchen,” McCullough says.
4. Add Old-World Charm With Nostalgic Style
If you’re drawn to the warm, cozy details of old-world European kitchens, consider incorporating elements that echo the character of the past while working beautifully in a contemporary setting. Nostalgic touches like ornate handles, antique finishes and timeless silhouettes can still be backed by cutting-edge performance. Ranges like ILVE’s Nostalgie — a dual-fuel model in copper and glossy black is shown here — look appealingly vintage but have the cutting-edge technology that makes cooking a joy (and a breeze). Nostalgie’s Noblesse frames come in a variety of finishes, so you can match the metallic details of your oven and hood to your handles and knobs for cohesive-looking luxury. In addition to a wide spectrum of custom colors, ILVE’s Nostalgie ranges come in a variety of widths from 30 to 60 inches, so your customized kitchen appliance also can be tailored exactly to your space.
5. Let the Details Do the Talking
True luxury is in the details. “Appliances are tools that simplify our lives while also empowering creativity in the kitchen,” McCullough says. “Kitchen appliances can significantly elevate the day-to-day experience by bringing ease, efficiency and joy into your routine.” A quickly preheated oven means that you can quickly move on with your bake, your roast or the rest of your day. A warming drawer allows you to work ahead and host a crowd with ease. Soft-closing doors and drawers won’t jar you or your family from culinary bliss. Even better, an enamel oven interior is easy to clean and maintain, saving you from future stress.
ILVE’s one-of-a-kind Panoramagic series, shown here, blends sleek, future-forward design with exceptional performance. Embracing both form and function, the range stands out for its subtle but impactful details. Its soft-close doors, quick preheating capability, LED-backlit knobs and intuitive controls make every moment in this design-forward kitchen feel elevated. Available in matte black and stainless steel, the Panoramagic range features dual gas burners with power of up to 20,000 BTU.
More: Explore ILVE’s full collection of customizable, Italian-crafted ranges and cooktops at us.ilve.com — where heritage meets performance.
This story was originally written by the Houzz team.
