An Eichler-style kitchen goes from midcentury to new century without losing its cool.
It was pure 1950s,” says writer Amy Maniatis, the author of Crib Notes and the just-released Love Notes (both from Chronicle Books). She’s talking about the original kitchen in her midcentury home, which she and husband Martin Gammon share with their two kids.
Built in 1956, the kitchen’s interior (not to mention the dated appliances) hadn’t endured the test of time nearly as well as the rest of the post-and-beam Berkeley house, which was inspired by the bold, minimalist style of California developer Joseph Eichler.
