Mismatch, or Match Made in Heaven?
This is quite the handsomest Rayburn or Aga I’ve come across in quite some time – it looks quite at home in this contemporary setting, doesn’t it?. Like that perfectly tailored suit or classic purse that may not be the height of fashion, but never goes completely out of style, either. (Check out the house it’s in too, at Mark Guard Architects)
Handsome and harmonious
I’m not so convinced by the next one, though. I’m inordinately fond of a classic cream Aga, but I’m not enjoying it in this setting: (by Mastro & Skylar Architects via Desire to Inspire)
It's not playing my tune
I usually like eclectic – I’m definitely not a fan of slavishly following the recipe for a particular “theme” – but harmony is so important when putting apparently disparate elements together. So what is it about this set-up that bugs me? I think that flue disappearing into the wall makes me most uncomfortable. And then there’s a dissonance between those skinny countertops and the chunky black top of the Aga. Maybe the blackness itself is part of the problem: it does rather emphasize both of those niggles…
Eclectic, or off-key?
The difference in depth is a problem for me too, as if the Aga was an afterthought. Oh yes, and now I look again, why are the pulls horizontal on one side, and vertical on the other? I can see the logic, doors versus drawers, but I don’t see any beauty in it. Definitely can’t blame the Aga for that (as if I would ever blame the doughty Aga for anything). No, I have to conclude this is a match made not in heaven, but in “the other place”. What do you think?
Poor Aga – I wonder if it’s in therapy yet?
Yeah, the 2nd kitchen is too fiddley. All that mosaic, fighting with the counter and the floor. The Aga doesn’t stand a chance!
Sooky – yes, the Aga deserves a bit more lurving than it’s getting there, doesn’t it!
Rachele – what a great way to put it! Thank you
Hi Clarity,
I think in the first one, the kitchen is a canvas and the Aga is the art.
In the second one, each element has too much of its own personality and there is no harmony or balance.
Have fun in NY!
Rachele
i agree completely! i lurve a good aga….perhaps it just lacks the attention it deserves in the second kitchen.?