Compare and contrast a century of kitchens 1920-2010. The 20th century ushered in huge changes in the kitchens which is why I wanted to explore kitchens 1920-2010 in actual photos. Many times I’ve mentioned the Victorian era kitchen style popular between 1900-1930 and how we keep reinventing it nearly a century later. Still, there’s nothing quite like photos of vintage … [Read more...]
All-White Kitchens – Trend Over
The all white kitchen trend lasted for a decade. Now it needs these updates. The all white kitchen trend – cabinets, back splash, counters – set the style for the first decade of the 21st century. It’s the “manor house” look modernized and marketed by English kitchen designer Christopher Peacock [above], which draws directly from English kitchens of 100 years earlier. Usually … [Read more...]
Practical Magic Kitchen
English-style cabinets, rustic tile and an Aga go to Hollywood for the Practical Magic Kitchen. The Practical Magic kitchen is the center of action in the 1998 Sandra Bullock-Nicole Kidman film about a family of ladies with some spooky special abilities. A lot of the film revolves around action the Aga cooker and the big, long table. While the style of this kitchen was by … [Read more...]
Aga Centric Kitchen
The Aga cooker, set in an elaborately framed niche, heaps on the old-school kitchen charm. I wish they would use cream-color paint for the walls in this Scottish kitchen so they matched the big Aga cooker. Bright blue walls give the kitchen a lively punch but they don't do much for the range! The cream-colored Aga cooker is built into an imposing niche lined with yellow-gold … [Read more...]
Vintage Crumbsweeper Farm Sink
A large vintage crumbsweeper farm sink is well suited to a country cottage. In a kitchen off the coast of Scotland, a vintage crumbsweeper farm sink shows what gave it that nickname. So deep front-to-back, it extends far enough beyond the front of the cabinets to cast a shadow. And since it's under mounted so the sides of the counter allow everything to be swept off and into … [Read more...]
English Victorian Kitchen
An Aga cooker set in a tiled niche is typical of the English Victorian kitchen, aBritish style we love. When I talk about an English Victorian kitchen as the inspiration for kitchens today, we need look no further for a prototype than this one by Robinson and Cornish. Begin with the imposing ivory Aga set into a deep, tiled and lighted niche with both relief tile and … [Read more...]
Irish Double Hutch Kitchen
A double hutch kitchen done in natural pine is a deceptively simple designer kitchen Natural pine was the theme for designer Mariette Himes Gomez' double hutch kitchen. A family kitchen with two big pieces of furniture placed side by side, the hutches fill one entire wall. A pair of hutches offer good storage and display. One (left) is composed of a top cabinet that hangs on … [Read more...]
