A couple added a modern, stylish kitchen to their more traditional, vintage home.Monica and Kent Stuart showed StarTribune.com around their sleek steel-and-blue kitchen which they said had become one of their familys main gathering spots.This entertainment function has also been supported by a huge four-by-eight-foot kitchen island which is covered in Calcutta marble.Elsewhere, the room features a contemporary built-in coffee bar at one end as well as a corner window over the kitchen sink.The couple had also made the kitchen practical by adding an abundance of storage space, the news provider noted.There are plenty of drawers and cabinets, accented with polished nickel hardware, for storing just about everything, including recyclables, it added.Last month, architect Bob Lanning and designer Kate Hiller told the Arizona Daily Star that homeowners who renovate their kitchen on a tight budget should consider using finishes and materials that they may not have used in the past.