Kitchen Clarity Adventures in Kitchen and Bath Design

“Gray, young friend, is all theory; and green the golden tree of life” – so says the demon Mephistopheles in Goethe’s Faust -

Grau, theurer Freund, ist alle Theorie, Und grün des Lebens goldner Baum

So should we avoid the temptations of the devil, and stick safely to gray? Not today – let’s go with some wonderful shades of green, invoking everything from the deepest forest shadows to sunlit meadows and dry summer grasses:

This  surreal loft kitchen in New York (via) belongs to artist Maria Abramovic – different shades of green in a translucent cube at the heart of the apartment.  She never cooks in it, and she has that gorgeous Artemide light fixture too – I’m turning quite green myself:

Most of today’s kitchens stick to one or two shades of green each:

Some actually combine the gray and the green – see how well the right greens work with classic gray and white carrara marble:

Green and golden is one of my favorite combinations – not least because it reminds me of Dylan Thomas’ Fern Hill. Or perhaps the poem reminds me of the colors, I don’t know, but read it and you’ll see:

As a child I remember being told “blue with green should never be seen” – an admonishment against wearing the two colors together. A rule I still don’t understand. Here they are together, both with a sunny touch of yellow to them – I see Fern Hill here too, the  “sky blue trades” as well as the “green and golden”:

And on to green and copper – and of course all the soft browns and creams, a classic natural combination, and very easy to live with. Isn’t that backsplash just awesome?

I’m not quite sure what’s got into me with all the poetry today – I hope it means I’m going to have a super-successful creative week. Happy Monday!

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