Smart and Stylish Kitchen Goods
The best kitchen products fully encapsulate the essence of this room: everyday practicality combining with lavish style to make you feel right at home. If you’re looking to add a touch of luxury to your meal prep or hosting duties, explore five items that marry function and form so seamlessly, they may each be well worth the high-end investment.
BALMUDA The Brew coffeepot
Your daily cup of joe will ascend to a professional level with the help of this stellar brewing machine, which measures only about five and a half inches wide and features a one-cup carafe. Rather than concealing it alongside your other small appliances, though, you might actually enjoy featuring its smart design on your countertop. A sleek steel and matte-black device with an elegantly fluted silhouette, The Brew can fit seamlessly into any kitchen aesthetic.
But perhaps even more striking than its appearance is its coffee-conjuring method, a pour-over process you can adjust to your preferred serving size and intensity with the touch of a button. While it retails at $699, those who consider coffee an indulgent hobby, not just a daily necessity, will find this a valuable appliance that produces delectable results.
Felt+Fat 3-piece confetti dishware set
Rather than stoic and antique, this festive dishware set by Felt+Fat—which includes an everyday plate, snack plate, and soup bowl—helps you serve up refreshments and hearty meals alike in stunningly modern style. Its well-crafted products each display a slew of scintillating colors across a neutral, off-white surface; the vibe screams “party” while the traditional shape keeps occasions refined and formal.
Even better, these pieces are as durable in form as they are delicate in appearance. In addition to being suitable for both the microwave and dishwasher, they’re made of food-safe ceramic rather than heat-intolerant plastic or fragile glass. And, on top of that, Felt+Fat’s artisans painstakingly handmake the dishware to order, well earning the set’s $140 price tag.
Fifth & Cherry custom cutting board
While a basic value-brand cutting board can get the job done, a premium piece by Fifth & Cherry may become a point of pride for your kitchen. Each one is exceedingly sturdy, helps prevent food contamination, and adds a touch of art to meal preparation. Attribute these many perks to the brand’s craftspeople as well as its sourcing: it uses only responsibly harvested American black cherry tree wood, which offers elegant grain, wonderful coloring, and years of utility.
Fifth & Cherry sells a variety of premium boards in a range of dimensions and styles on its website, but ordering a custom one grants you the freedom to tailor it perfectly to your countertops’ dimensions, your cooking needs, and more. (Prices vary, though you can receive a free quote online.) In addition to promising excellent results, all boards come with a complimentary refinishing service for the lifetime of the product.
Noon & Moon Iridescent Glasses
Toast to the weekend, a special celebration, or quality time alongside treasured company with this sophisticated set of crystal glasses, which serve up classic elegance with a twist thanks to their distinct rainbow-like sheens, beautifully beveled stems, and art deco and midcentury modern profiles inspired by the architecture of Los Angeles, the company’s home. The stemware is 100 percent unique as well thanks to its handblown artistry, making each piece a veritable collector’s item for showcasing on your bar, tea cart, or buffet table.
Note the six varieties of glasses in this set, retailing for $212. They range from a lean champagne flute to a broader burgundy glass, equipping you to serve an array of beverages. But if you’d prefer a matching collection, you can also select the one you like best and order as many as you want. Then prepare to astound your guests with one-of-a-kind pieces that show off Noon & Moon’s sculptor-like craftsmanship and expert attention to color.
Town Cutler Desert Dawn chef knife
Elevate your home cooking with a professional-grade tool: this “workhorse” general-purpose knife by Town Cutler that is equally stunning in appearance. Taking inspiration from desert moonlit mountains and starry skies, it features a perfectly beveled and matte Nitro-V stainless-steel blade sitting within a buckeye-burl wood handle marbled with black resin. Sheathe it in the wooden saya, or protective covering, and it transforms into a fashionable piece of decor that you could very well display on its own shelf.
But don’t leave it idle for long. Utilize this everyday knife for everything from dicing vegetables to butchering meats to witness how its ultrathin, ultrasharp, and lightweight blade improves your daily food prep to top-chef quality. The Desert Dawn chef knife starts at $230 (plus $44 for the saya), which is an exceptional value for not only its breathtaking look but also its ability to replace just about any other knife in your drawer.