Where Natural Stone Meets Living Art

Prairie Estate — Grant | Kitchen & Scullery Design Feature | Stone Partner: Terrazzo & Marble Supply

2026 Spring Parade of Homes · Dream Home Selection

Some kitchens are designed to be used. Others are designed to be felt. The kitchen at our Prairie Estate in Grant — featured as a Dream Home on the 2026 Spring Parade of Homes — is unapologetically both.

From the moment you step into this space, there is an undeniable warmth. Nothing is trying too hard. Everything belongs. That is the quiet achievement of a kitchen built not around trends, but around materials with genuine soul — stone that formed over millennia, wood that holds the character of the tree, brass that only gets more beautiful the longer it lives in your home.

The Stone That Started It All

Every great kitchen begins with one defining decision. For us, it was the stone. We partnered with our friends at Terrazzo & Marble Supply to source the most extraordinary natural stone for this project, and what we landed on was nothing short of breathtaking: Taj Mahal Quartzite in a satin finish.

Taj Mahal is one of those stones that stops people mid-sentence. Its soft, creamy background is laced with warm gold and whisper-thin veining — organic, elegant, completely unrepeatable. No two slabs are ever the same, which means this kitchen belongs to no one else on earth.

We chose a satin finish deliberately. Unlike a high-polish surface that reflects the room back at you, satin lets the stone speak for itself. You can feel every groove, every shift in the natural surface. It reads as matte — grounded and natural — while still carrying that quiet luminosity that only real stone has.

The quartzite doesn't stop at the countertops. It climbs the full backsplash and wraps seamlessly over the custom hood — a feat that required 400 lbs of precision stone work and the most skilled installation team we have ever had the privilege of working alongside. That hood installation was one of the most technically demanding moments of this entire build. 400 pounds of quartzite, suspended — and it looks as if it simply grew there.

Cabinetry: Three Profiles, One Story

To balance the drama of the stone, we turned to natural white oak cabinetry — warm, honest, and impossibly tactile. But we didn't settle for a single cabinet style. This kitchen weaves together three distinct profiles: reeded, slim shaker, and flat panel — all inset, all in the same beautiful white oak, creating a layered richness that rewards a second look.

Inset construction is the detail that separates good cabinetry from exceptional cabinetry. The doors and drawers sit flush within the frame — no overlay, no gap — requiring extraordinary precision from our cabinetmakers. The result is a kitchen that feels more like fine furniture than a room full of boxes.

The reeded panels on the island bring an almost textile quality to the space — shadow and depth at eye level, right where you're standing and working every day. The slim shaker perimeter keeps things quiet and refined. The flat panel moments let the wood grain take center stage.

Panel-ready appliances disappear into the oak seamlessly, including a commanding double-wide refrigerator that integrates so cleanly you almost don't notice it — until you open it, and realize just how much thoughtful storage lives inside this kitchen.

Unlacquered Brass: A Finish That Lives

We chose unlacquered brass for every plumbing fixture and cabinet pull in this kitchen — and it was one of the best decisions we made. Unlacquered brass is a living finish. Unlike its lacquered counterpart, it is not sealed against the world. It oxidizes, it patinas, it shifts over time in the most gorgeous, organic way.

A few years from now, the brass in this kitchen will look even more beautiful than it does today. It will carry the story of the home — of the meals cooked, the mornings spent, the life lived here. That kind of honesty in a material is rare, and we think it is exactly right for a home like this.

The Mahalo Pendant: Sculpture at Ceiling Height

Against all those grounded, natural surfaces — the stone, the oak, the brass — we wanted a lighting moment that was unabashedly sculptural. The Mahalo 32" Tiered Pendant by Visual Comfort does exactly that.

Two of them hang over the island in a staggered arrangement, their sweeping forms catching the light in ways that shift throughout the day. Where everything else in this kitchen is about honesty and restraint, the Mahalo is playful, even a little bold — and that tension is precisely what makes the room sing. Sculpture among hard surfaces. Soft form where everything else has an edge.

The Scullery: Where Function Becomes Poetry

Leading off the main kitchen is a scullery finished in all the same beautiful materials — Taj Mahal quartzite, white oak, unlacquered brass — so the transition between the two spaces feels completely seamless. But the scullery has its own personality.

Floating shelves suspended over the windows create an indoor garden moment — a place for herbs, trailing plants, and the small ceramic vessels that make a kitchen feel lived in. Light pours through the black-framed windows and falls across the stone in a way that changes hourly.

The scullery is fully equipped: a beverage refrigerator, a secondary sink, a smaller dishwasher tucked away for the cleanup no one wants to see, plus an oven and microwave for overflow cooking. And behind it all, a concealed pantry offers storage that is as generous as it is invisible — a hidden room that makes the whole front-of-house kitchen feel effortlessly tidy. This is the kind of detail that professional cooks and serious home entertainers dream about: two kitchens in one, each as beautiful as the other, working in perfect harmony.

The Prairie Estate kitchen is not one idea. It is a dozen ideas in conversation — stone and wood, matte and sculptural, functional and poetic — all resolved into a space that feels inevitable. As if it could never have been any other way.

We are so proud to share it as a Dream Home on the 2026 Spring Parade of Homes. Some things simply have to be experienced in person.