These kitchens have a little something different going on – curvy corners and distinctly out-of-the-box thinking: (via) A thoroughly contemporary mix of materials and forms and colors – isn’t the seating bar in the center of a large island a great idea? It makes for a much more open and spacious feeling than a large ...
Kitchen table, handsome LaCanche range, vintage style sink and above all, those beautiful windows. This kitchen is hitting all the right spots: The work of New South Wales, Australia, based Thomas Hamel and Associates, found at the lovely Head over Heels blog, where Nelya always has something worth seeing. What a delight this kitchen must ...
You’ve probably realized by now, I have a huge sentimental soft-spot for old cream Aga cookers. I don’t know how old these are, but they make our family 30+ year old in Wales look like a mere stripling: Now I know you don’t usually put your family portraits on the backsplash right behind a range. ...
A New Year, a new beginning. – whatever the weather, this is a perfect time for opening up the metaphorical windows and letting the sun stream in, even if we can’t do so literally just yet. Today I’d like to help you (and me, of course) start the New Year in a calm, optimistic mood, ...
A big kitchen in a beautiful modern home – neat and crisp and plenty of space for everything: (via) So why not plan for the trash can too? I suppose this is at least convenient – but it’s certainly not beautiful. In a space like this I’d want to err a little more on the ...
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 ...
A picture of traditional perfection? Dog and all … And the kettle’s on, too – a good excuse for a tea-break . “God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world” as some insufferably smug Victorian Briton put it. (Robert Browning, to be precise, and I know, taken in context he wasn’t really being smug ...