Earlier this month, we featured the 5,000-square-foot darkly glamorous studio of San Francisco interior designer Nicole Hollis, a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory. (See A Noirish Studio for a San Francisco Design Star.) We were especially taken by the kitchen, which Hollis outfitted almost entirely in shades of black (white walls and a touch of white marble notwithstanding). Let’s take a closer look.
Photography by Laure Joliet, courtesy of Nicole Hollis.

Above: In the studio’s communal staff kitchen, floors are custom dark gray concrete and walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Decorator’s White?the same finishes used throughout the rest of the studio.

Above: The kitchen has two handmade backsplashes: a row of hand-glazed, glossy black Moroccan Clé tile, and a ?bleached metal? steel wall surround?an effect Hollis developed with Oakland’s Chris French Metal “to add depth, interest, and contrast to the space,” she says.
Above: Two white accents?a petite planter and a salt grinder from Hudson Grace?in a sea of black: a budget-friendly dish rack Hollis found on Amazon, Cutting Boards by Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. from March in San Francisco, and a pair of black Rubber-Coated Soap Pumps and black Rubber Cups from CB2.

Above: A custom steel kitchen island with Calacatta marble top (from CoorItalia) is one of the few nonblack surfaces in the room. The requisite microwave (it’s...