Yesterday I was all about country charm – so today let’s have an antidote, with this citified, loft look (via). I’m loving the layers here: A loft that also has a proper kitchen table – what could be more perfect for that fantasy city home? Many more pictures here. Related Posts:Chic seatsDreaming in ItalianHidden KitchenAncient ...
From the pages of June’s Elle Decor, the kitchen in Meg Ryan’s Martha’s Vinyard retreat. I’m so happy to see the rugged, oak kitchen table, and the dark cabinets anchoring all that white, windowy, airyness. I’m not going to mention how that chair doesn’t actually fit under the table – a not-infrequent problem when a ...
I’ve been collecting simple hood surrounds this last week. Here’s a sweetly traditional version, from a Spanish home outside Barcelona – I like the way the hood is integrated with the shelf, giving a single horizontal to frame the lively backsplash tile. That shelf provides much needed storage in the absence of upper cabinets: This ...
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 ...
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 ...
I haven’t really posted any Agas for a long time, which is a good enough excuse for me to share some today. I have a couple of grand ones for you – first from Kvanum, in a blue Broby kitchen: I’m not sure whether this is in a barn or an underground bunker – maybe ...
Whew, its been such a hectic beginning to the week, I haven’t had a chance to finish the well thought out and informative blog post I was working on for you . Still, it’s Tuesday, which always gives me an excuse to delve into my collection of kitchen tables: Which is your favorite? I can’t ...