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Dana Mann and her husband spend the summer at her family’s beach house
with their two young sons and a pair of dogs in tow.
Yes, the Mann menfolk fish the Cape Fear River in a 36-foot Silverton,
or the 21–foot Key West docked behind their home. But more often than
not they like to troll offshore for mahi, wahoo and tuna. Dana enjoys the beach as
much as she likes to cook what they catch.
Grilled fish is often on the menu, also steamed shellfish or roasted chicken
prepared in the steam oven. She wanted a simple kitchen — one that reflects her
approach to cooking with the best recipes featuring only five ingredients or less, she
says. And a simple kitchen to echo the industrial farmhouse aesthetic she was look-ing
for.
One jumping off point was an old family barn that had been taken down. With
barnwood sliders placed throughout the house to add character, depth was also
grounded in the selection of three- four- and five-inch dented and dinged-up floor-boards.
Rising from the floors, backless barstools were chosen to enhance the views
of the canal from the third-story kitchen.
Residential designer John Croom of Design House referred Dana Mann to
interior designer Amy Tyndall of Amy Tyndall Designs. Once she teamed up with
Tyndall, the interiors fell into place.
Her client, Tyndall says, knew what she wanted – the timeless patina of a lived-in
kitchen that would age gracefully.
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