Warm cream and oak kitchens with natural stone

Some kitchens are meant to feel like a house in the hills: sun on stone floors, old beams, olive trees outside. The first Nolte design captures that with a cream handleless peninsula and a warm stone-look worktop that runs from the cooktop to a sink under a steel-framed window. Behind it, a wall of grooved light wood-look tall units holds the oven and two floating shelves for everyday glasses.

The peninsula is long enough for two people to work side by side and keeps the walk to the garden door clear. With no wall units at all, the beams and the window become the decoration. The travertine-look floor and plastered walls finish the Mediterranean mood.

The second design brings the same warmth indoors with oak and stone. Oak-look tall units and a cream wall run frame an island clad in a soft stone look, with a waterfall end that drops to the floor. At the other end, an oak-look table extends from the island at dining height, with four chairs around it — kitchen and dining table in one piece. The stone-look backsplash and shelf behind the sink repeat the island material, so the room uses only three surfaces in total: oak, cream and stone.

Both ideas suit Los Angeles homes with Spanish, Mediterranean or ranch character, where a fully modern kitchen can feel out of place. Choose warm, matte fronts, a stone-look or natural stone worktop and wood that ties the kitchen to the floor or ceiling. See peninsula kitchens and wood kitchens, explore natural stone with our team, and plan your own version in the 3D configurator or at a consultation.