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T echnically not a kitchen but filled with inspiration, the hunt room in a Maryland manor house designed by Cathy Purple Cherry takes cues from both kitchens with its beadboard ceiling and white subway tiles, but the brick floor sets it apart. From the book The Design of a Country Estate: Purple Cherry Architects & Interiors, Gibbs Smith. Photo Durston Saylor. A glorious kitchen has the feel of a conservatory. With floor-to-ceiling windows, the wood grain of the cabinetry underscores the verticality of the space. From the book Embracing Beauty: Serene Spaces for Living by Beth Webb, Rizzoli. Photo Emily Followill. "Historically, the hunt room is where people entered after completing a hunt before stepping into any other room in the house." — Cathy Purple Cherry "The architecture language of the house is simple: It's just boards on the wall and exposed joists on the ceiling." — Bill Curtis, Curtis & Windham In architect Bill Curtis' 1890 farmhouse near Round Top, which was once a stagecoach stop, is a kitchen carefully updated by Curtis and his colleague Daniel Ostendorf. Photo Pär Bengtsson, from PaperCity Houston, March 2022. "The home is rooted in Arts and Crafts tradition and the work of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century English architects C.F.A. Voysey and Edwin Lutyens." — Beth Webb 56