![]() Not much to see here except a woman who looks like she’s about to dig the knife into her wrist. Jean-Baptiste_Siméon_Chardin_017 – 1738 woman cleaning turnips So, to begin, let’s go back to the 17th-19th centuries to see what French Country Kitchens looked like. Can we mix different styles, or is that a no, no?.Plus, what about today? Isn’t there room for interpretation?.What period of history do we need to go back to?.And American country kitchens, for that matter.And how is one supposed to differentiate between French country kitchens, English country kitchens, and Italian country kitchens?.What goes into an authentic French Country Kitchen?.Today, I will try to answer these questions about French Country Kitchens. Over the years, in my design practice, I found it to be one of the most misused interior design terms. However, Rob (not Robert Adam) is not alone. However, they are French Country Kitchens, like saying Cool Whip is the same as home-made whipped cream. While taste does come into play, my point was that these kitchens are not French Country. It is not a matter of taste it’s a matter of authenticity. Unfortunately, it sounds like Rob missed the point of that post which talks about my philosophy of kitchens and design as a whole.Īside from Rob’s pedantic diatribe beginning with French Country Kitchens and much more, I stumbled and fell over this one. Syon_House_Ante_room_Gilded_panels_Architecture-Robert-Adam-photo-credit-Andy-Collins-via-Wikimedia.jpg Gold doesn’t go with gray? Well, don’t tell that to Robert Adam. Other than that, your website is visually very informative and appealing. I mean, why trouble yourself with high-end materials if everything is going to be splattered with spaghetti sauce?īTW, GOLD has never gone well with gray, no matter how you finish it. I couldn’t agree with you more on that one. It’s gotten pretty silly, or maybe as I get older, the decades fly by, blurring into a moment of short-term memory loss in home buyers.Īnd don’t get me started on open-plan living where every dirty pot and pan is on view for the guest’s admiration. Now ‘gold’ is back, reinterpreted in a softer finish to save decorating-trend-sheep– Sorry, I mean’t savvy followers!- from lapsing into PTSD convulsions. The metal was an affront to their ‘refreshing,’ newly formed opinions of what was right or wrong. Never mind that brass has been around since the time of the pharaohs. However, all of these beauties have granite countertops that neither of us cares for. I only liked granite for about three years, from 1988 – 1991, and after that, no more! However, earlier on, you stated that every square foot of the is visually beautiful. ![]() By the mid-twenty-first century, ignorant young buyers will point to anything brass and utter “Gold…I hate gold.” I wasn’t going to be coerced into the new mantra of “Granite or go home.” It paid off. The cabinets stayed the only change was replacing the orange Formica countertop with white Silestone. The cabinets were in a dark, flush mahogany design with staple-shaped, stainless steel pulls. My last purchase was a deck house from the mid-seventies. I’ve done real estate speculating on houses for 35 years and seen it all come and go and come and go. I would prefer not to be lumped with “designers.” I have a great appreciation for different styles of cabinetry and finishes. 10 years before it was all about dark cabinets and granite countertops, which are now looked upon with disdain. Designers think they have re-invented the wheel with the white shaker cabinets, white marble top trend. The simple “French Provencal” example was charming, too, and both styles should be appreciated. In some cases, too many disparate materials. Sure, if you like miles and miles of tumbled marble, brown granite, fake antiquing, over-the-top-badly proportioned carving, cabinets of varying heights and depths for no apparent reason, exaggerated ogee edges on the counters. ![]() The ornate French Country kitchens you had disdain for were spectacular, and there was not a square foot that wasn’t visually beautiful. I received this email recently regarding French Country Kitchens: I will respond to the email like this.īut your article on 12 kitchen trends was impossibly subjective!
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