Tamarind Kitchen

A modular kitchen the family insisted should not look modular. We used solid acacia for the lower cabinetry — heavier, warmer, more honest than ply with veneer — and topped the island with a single slab of black galaxy granite that the client picked herself from a quarry near Chennai. Soft-close everywhere, internal lighting, a pull-out spice tower, and a tall pantry that swallows a Costco haul without complaint.