Decor

Heating Things Up

Luxurious kitchens add wow factor to fabulous homes

Dana Wilson

Capital Style



Light & Lovely

The Retreat
456 Partridge Bend, Powell
4 bedrooms; 3 1/2 baths
6,264 square feet
Built in 1993 on 2.5 acres
Price: $1,190,000

Enveloped by a park-like setting, this home features a massive great room with a stone fireplace that connects to a spacious kitchen. When the owners remodeled the kitchen, they changed the custom cabinets' color from blue to bisque, added a tumbled marble backsplash and installed stainlesssteel appliances. A wall of windows lets plenty of natural light into the kitchen, which opens to a screened porch and a wrap-around deck. NEXT >>

The kitchen takes center stage in most modern homes-and not just at mealtimes. "It's kind of the heart of the house," said Amy Conley, a real estate agent with Real Living HER. "Whether you're a cook or not, it's where you live your life." Conley and other agents say that the most buyer-friendly kitchens are beautiful yet functional, and tend to share some universal design trends: an earth-toned color palette; stainless-steel appliances; granite countertops; artistic backsplashes; and large center islands for food prep and entertaining.

The Central Ohio Luxury Home Network's recent Luxe Home Tour showcased an elite collection of houses priced at $650,000 and above, including kitchens that are cooking up that wow factor. These are the highlights.

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