Sometimes, things want to look like one thing and act like another.


A worktable aspires to be a high fashion furniture piece. A built-in closet yearns to be a one-of-a-kind armoire. And the kitchen island, well, it wants it all. Verve and Dash.

In The Sterling Mason (a six-story loft building in Tribeca with innovative architecture by Morris Adjmi), we collaborated with Gachot Design to create a kitchen design that wanted to be traditional with a modern edge. And, with meticulous detailing.

At the center, a finely crafted island with solid wood inset drawers that incorporates our flexible interior storage components. A commitment to aesthetics and craft, coupled with a highly systematic approach that gives the island what it wants.

Building upon success, we refined the island even further in a shingled Hamptons home. It longed to be a free-standing piece of furniture that gave a nod to the traditional country feel of the home.

It also had to have the muscle of a hardworking prep and storage space.


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Sometimes, a good idea is worth standing on its own.


We took the best of these projects and created a signature piece in our new line of stand-alone furniture that delivers the same craft quality, aesthetic appeal, and high function that characterizes the company’s fitted architectural products. And, they can be purchased à la carte.


THE BAKE OFF ISLAND

Sometimes, one thing leads to another.


The Gibraltar Island found its footing during a renovation of a 1915 Berkeley home built in the First Bay Tradition.

We worked alongside Commune Design, who designed the rest of the interior of the home, to create a kitchen in which high performance systems are disguised as a collection of individual pieces. At the center of it all is a workhorse of an island. Part worktable. Part open storage.

Over ten years later it became a seminal piece in our collection of Primary Objects.


THE GIBRALTAR ISLAND

Sometimes, things start as one thing and evolve into something altogether different.

A Mexico City project with architects Saidee Springall and Jose Castillo called for curve and texture to speak to its surroundings. We introduced solid wood fluting with a soft curved corner to the island.

The Mexico City island cross-pollinated with an influence from France to become the first of our Primary Objects. The Harvest Island sits on a matte powder-coated steel base—the detailing of which is inspired by the fireplace hardware in Marie Antoinette’s kitchen in the Petit Trianon on the grounds of Versailles.

The piece has nine drawers—with optional doorbell-like pulls—to store everything from spices to pots and pans. The substantial object’s detailing lends it a refined elegance, a quality too often absent in such a workpiece.


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Sometimes, it is what it is.


That’s the Stand Up Island.

A Space Theory kitchen in Sonoma, California needed a visually light, but physically tough worktable. The Shaker design tradition has always had an answer to this paradox. We took that inspiration and created a stripped-down island that exudes subtle power. The negative space, central to the Shaker aesthetic, highlights the minimalism of the piece and the richness of its wooden composition.


THE STAND UP ISLAND

Sometimes, things don’t want to be built in.


Add something to your project that looks like furniture but acts like our intelligent system. It is also a way you can own a piece of Henrybuilt without committing to a large-scale project.


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