The focal point of Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Peters' large country kitchen is a tiled cooking center inspired by the tile charcoal stoves of Old Mexico. (Manufacture of the rare green tile is now a lost art.) Mr. Peters, the architect, chose a color scheme of blues and greens that would create a cool atmosphere in Arizona's dry, hot climate. Windows at each end of the room have exterior louvered aluminum sun baffles and green matchstick curtains to control sunlight. Separate cooking areas give the kitchen great flexibility for entertaining. In addition to the tiled four-unit cooking top, there are twin units in the counter at the left of the refrigerators, a barbecue grill set in one end wall, left, and twin wall ovens. A retractable hood over the ovens can be pulled out to dissipate broiling smoke and odors, pushed back into wall space when not in use. Banks of drawers and cabinets around the kitchen give generous storage. The native design of the tiled center is repeated in Mexican pottery, tiles on countertops.
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source: House and Garden Magazine | August 1957
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