Kitchen styling is the easiest way to transform your cooking space from drab to fab. Accouterments like gorgeous salt and pepper mills, carefully chosen vases, or a high-quality utensil dispenser, elevate your countertops and shelves with no remodel required. In Meg Ryan's kitchen, the most functional styling is the most effective.
The actress's black-and-white kitchen is transformed by a black kettle perched on the stovetop. Though a kettle can often be an eyesore to be tucked away in an appliance garage when guests come over or a purely functional item that lives in the bottom cabinets, Ryan harnesses the power of matching this seemingly simple item. The black of its surface is a beautiful contrast against the white and gray marble of her backsplash and seems to extend the cooktop of her iconic La Cornue stove up. Its matte appearance introduces a new texture against the shimmer of the marble.
