Let’s start the week with some kitchens that bring a breath of fresh country air along with them: via yellowtrace – and clearly inspred by Monet’s kitchen at Giverny. I don’t know where I found the photo above – please let me know if you recognize it? Country style doesn’t have to be fussy, or ...
Or perhaps both? I was amazed by this grand home on decormag.ru (they always have the best stuff). Certainly not what I imagine when thinking of a cabin in the woods: The warm, rich interiors are by Tatiana Rozhkova. There are many more pictures at Decormag – but lets look at the kitchen, and some ...
It’s virtual vacation this week at Kitchen Clarity – meaning I’m stuck in my office working away, but I’m dreaming of far flung vacations. How about a trip to Provence? I think the two above are more kitchens in Provence than kitchens of Provence – traditional Provencal kitchens have a very distinctive style – less ...
Creamy colors, rustic wood, ancient beams, thick plaster walls – let’s just enjoy some gloriously simple southern kitchens, and imagine we too are in a country house around the shores of the Mediterranean, with views forever: A visit to Côté Sud is virtually a vacation, for those of us who don’t get to take the ...
There’s a real art to putting a contemporary kitchen in ancient surroundings. Here are striking examples of modern kitchens in grand old buildings in France – just look at the walls in this farmhouse in the Pyreneees: From farmhouse to castle – slightly more refined perhaps, but these walls are still the real thing: The ...
After Monday’s post, I was curious to see if any remnant of the simple, calm interiors painted by de Hooch and Vermeer survives in Dutch (or Netherlandish?) kitchen design today. Of course you can find a contemporary European style kitchen in the Netherlands as easily as anywhere else in the modern world: The glimpse through ...
It’s a Sunday kitchen because it looks as if it’s in a church – or possibly a castle. The picture caught my eye at decormag.ru – I am told it is scanned from a 25 year old magazine picture. Of course the massive stone walls and gothic arches are the real stars of the show ...