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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Megan Slack

Martha Stewart called her unique Fifth Avenue kitchen her 'galley alley' – its metal surfaces teach us a lesson in modern home functionality

Martha Stewart.

If you were asked to picture a traditional Martha Stewart kitchen, a spacious, country-style setting will likely come to mind. The lifestyle guru is famous for bringing a warm, lived-in feel to the kitchens – from the Turkey Hill farmstead to her coastal abode in Seal Harbor, Maine. In New York City, however, things are done a little differently.

In her apartment on Fifth Avenue, Stewart designed a galley kitchen with an industrial twist. According to Martha Moments (an Instagram page dedicated to sharing archival Stewart footage), the metal cabinets and countertops were made by a laboratory furniture production company in Brooklyn called Duralab. The result was a sterile yet highly functional (and uniquely modern) space.

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