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Arlington Heights Kitchen Transformation

Project

Kitchen Design

Where

Arlington Heights, IL

Completed

January 2021

A kitchen features a large island with seating, dark wood cabinets, white upper cabinets, and a patterned backsplash. A kitchen with a large central island, a dining area by a window, and a stainless steel refrigerator. A kitchen pantry with gray built-in cabinets, open shelving, a white stand mixer, and a white cabinet with a coffee maker. A kitchen features a dark wood island with a white farmhouse sink, light countertops, and two brass pendant lights. A kitchen with a large island, a stainless steel refrigerator, a range, and a dining area with a table and chairs. A kitchen counter with a built-in microwave, a vase of tulips, and a cabinet storing baking sheets. A kitchen features white cabinetry, a built-in coffee maker, open shelving with glassware, and a mirrored backsplash. A kitchen with white upper and lower cabinets, a dark wood range hood and island, a stainless steel refrigerator, and a scallop-patterned tile backsplash.

This Arlington Heights, IL kitchen, completed in January 2021 by Jennifer Peterson, features a central island with a farmhouse sink and seating, anchoring the open layout. The island's dark wood cabinetry contrasts with the white upper cabinets and stainless steel appliances, including a refrigerator and a range. A light-colored, veined countertop extends across the island and perimeter, complemented by a scalloped tile backsplash in muted green tones. Natural light fills the space through multiple windows, and two brass and white pendant lights illuminate the island.

The design incorporates a dedicated pantry area with open shelving and closed storage, painted in a coordinating gray. This section provides space for a mixer, cookbooks, and various kitchen items. The consistent light wood flooring unifies the kitchen with an adjacent dining area, visible through an open doorway, creating a cohesive and functional living space.

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A kitchen features a large island with seating, dark wood cabinets, white upper cabinets, and a patterned backsplash.
A kitchen with a large central island, a dining area by a window, and a stainless steel refrigerator.
A kitchen pantry with gray built-in cabinets, open shelving, a white stand mixer, and a white cabinet with a coffee maker.
A kitchen features a dark wood island with a white farmhouse sink, light countertops, and two brass pendant lights.
A kitchen with a large island, a stainless steel refrigerator, a range, and a dining area with a table and chairs.
A kitchen counter with a built-in microwave, a vase of tulips, and a cabinet storing baking sheets.
A kitchen features white cabinetry, a built-in coffee maker, open shelving with glassware, and a mirrored backsplash.
A kitchen with white upper and lower cabinets, a dark wood range hood and island, a stainless steel refrigerator, and a scallop-patterned tile backsplash.

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Jennifer Peterson and Jill Kearns, the sisters behind J. Peterson Design

About the studio

Two sisters, one studio

Jennifer Peterson founded J. Peterson Design in 2008 and leads our work in Chicago and Southwest Michigan. Her sister, Jill Kearns, leads the Atlanta studio. Together, we design homes that feel considered and beautiful, but also comfortable, functional, and personal to the people who live in them.

Although we work in different cities, we operate as one studio. We talk through plans, share ideas, question each other, and bring another experienced set of eyes to the decisions that matter. Being sisters makes that collaboration especially natural — there is a shorthand, an honesty, and a shared standard that has been there long before the studio.

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