Charming Kitchen

This kitchen renovation for a family on Chicago's North Side leans into traditional detailing and soft, easy color, with handmade tile doing the heavy lifting to make it feel more historic than renovated. The kind of kitchen that looks like it's always belonged to the house, because it does now.

Bright and airy kitchen with white cabinetry, a white marble island, dark hardwood floors, a blue island base, a modern chandelier, and built-in shelves with decorative vases.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, a granite island, a stove, a backsplash with hexagonal tiles, a hanging light fixture, a bowl of oranges, and a table with padded stools.
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, a large island painted in muted blue, bar stools with white cushions, a chandelier, a gray hexagon tile backsplash, and a vase of flowers on the island.
Kitchen cabinet with glass doors displaying wine glasses and teapots, a built-in wine rack with wine bottles, a countertop with a wooden fruit basket containing green limes, and a framed black-and-white photograph of a couple on the counter.
Two bowls filled with small orange fruits on a white table, with a window and patterned wall in the background.
A kitchen with a white table, wooden benches, gray walls, white crown molding, multiple windows with white blinds, a built-in cabinet, a hanging light fixture, and dark hardwood flooring.