A really dark backsplash between layers of white cabinets always makes me think of a marmite sandwich. The filling is so strong that it jumps out at you, making it hard to see (or taste) anything else: Not British? Not sure about the whole marmite thing? What do you put in sandwiches that is black ...
It’s exciting to discover kitchen designs that break all conventional bounds. I expect you’ve seen the Dime Kitchen, by Miles Hartwell and Matt Withington of UK company Splinter Works. Inspired by a coin spinning on its edge, ten panels slide out to form a semi-sphere and conceal the kitchen components when not in use: Although ...
One of the best ways to give a kitchen some character and individuality is to build in space for works of art. (I won’t say “artworks” - “artworks” you can buy at your favorite discount homewares store, “works of art” should come from the hand of an actual artist. And don’t get me started on ...
Here’s a terrifying vision of the past for you – from the 1963 publication “Decoration” (Librarie Hachette), the vertiginous kitchen of a geodesic dome house, perched high on the edge of a Californian mountain: I wonder if those plants and ornaments are glued down? Keeping the dome water-tight with all those edges was a often ...
We all need to know the time, so a clock is a natural accessory in the kitchen. But a clock this size? A clock this big is just too much of a reminder that time is passing by and I’m never going to get caught up. Never going to get round to cleaning the rust ...
It’s not that I don’t like white marble, whether it’s carrara or calacatta or your variety of choice, I think it’s a stunning material. I just want everybody else to stop using it, so that when it’s time for me to create my dream kitchen by the sea, the material will seem fresh and new ...
There is an important difference between a kitchen table, and a dining table that happens to be in a kitchen. Here’s a fine kitchen table, ready to take whatever is thrown at it: As it seems to be at counter height, rather than table height, strictly speaking it might be considered more of a work ...