Balanced Workstations Help a Small Kitchen

A glass-front hutch fitted with open brackets, a raised butcher-block surface, and a beadboard back adds vintage style to an oddly angled exterior wall. Painted Benjamin Moore’s Nantucket Gray, the piece has the look of freestanding furniture and a made-to-measure fit. The Lutron lighting control mounted under the hutch’s upper cabinet remotely commands the new lighting scheme masterminded by homeowner Judson Adams, an engineer. Pendant lights, recessed accent lighting, and dimmable undercabinet tracks warm up the room, which has only one source of natural light.