homes AN KITCHEN WRITTEN BY CAROL J. ALEXANDER PHOTOGRAPHED BY BOB SOWDER One homeowner recreates that vintage, grandmotherly feel. 86 MARCH/APRIL 2020 M elissa Firestone holds heritage dear. As the design consultant for The Townes at Hidden Valley, a subdivision in its last phase of construction under the direction of her husband Michael Littleton, she knows what's trending. But she didn't want what's trending for the kitchen in their new home. She wanted the familiar and the comfortable. "I wanted a kitchen like I grew up with, in New York," she says. So, her mind and heart traveled back to the kitchens of her German and Polish grandmothers, where pots of something always simmered on the back of the stove and everyone gathered to eat, tell stories and eat some more. A place where meal prep TheRoanoker.com