Two runs facing each other
One run holds the sink, the other the built-in grill and the Big Green Egg, with an open aisle between them.
Two kitchen runs under a pergola at the end of the pool, in a garden on Long Island, New York.
Long Island, New York FREILUFT project
01 The place
A modern house among tall trees, a long lawn and a pool. At the far end of the pool, under a black louvered pergola, stands a kitchen by FREILUFT: two runs facing each other, with a table and a lounge in the shade behind them.
The cabinets were made to order in the FREILUFT Manufaktur in Nordwalde, Germany. The images on this page are stills from a FREILUFT film of this kitchen.
02 The kitchen
One run holds the sink, the other the built-in grill and the Big Green Egg, with an open aisle between them.
The Big Green Egg sits in the stone worktop, next to the grill. The FREILUFT system has kamado holders for medium to large and for extra-large kamados, each built into a 31 1/2 in (800 mm) cabinet.
The louvers draw lines of light across the stone and the fronts. The cabinets are 5/16 in (8 mm) marine-grade aluminum, finished with Off-Shore powder coating with a chromate-free, nano-ceramic pre-treatment.
03 Up close
Details from the same garden.
04 At dusk
After sunset, the lights of the house and the pool take over, and the grill is lit beside the water. The same kitchen, now the center of the evening.
05 In Florida
The same ideas work in South Florida: two runs facing each other under a lanai or a pergola, a kitchen at the end of the pool, a kamado or a real wood fire next to the grill. The kitchen does not need to be covered. We plan every kitchen for its own place and set it on site; Florida-licensed contractors make the connections.
Start with the outdoor kitchen layouts, covered patio kitchens and the wood-fired grill, or see where we work in Florida.
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