When I was a young boy, I felt a warmth spread through me each time I looked up at the kitchen design in my parent’s home. I was struck by the color combinations and different textures: white brick, blue-algea colored slate, dark chocolate floors, moss grey ceiling, and many different stains on the wood—the exposed beams, panels, forms, trims, doors, and windows. In a moment of inspiration, I counted the stains: 13 in all. I realized I wouldn’t have even […]