Inspirational kitchen ideas
The kitchen is often considered the heart of the home, and there are lots of ways, small and large, that you can re-invent yours. Below is a selection of tips, advice, buyers' guides and readers' stories about their kitchens, including country style kitchens, Georgian and Victorian style kitchens and Arts & Crafts and Art Deco style kitchens. Plus kitchen taps, kitchen storage and award-winning kitchens.
Pearly pastels, painted furniture and linen covered upholstery create a serene mood for summer, says Maggie Stevenson. Gain inspiration for your interiors with this selection of furniture, paints, fabrics, wallpaper and lighting.
Create a country-style kitchen with natural stone flooring and simple yet stylish accessories.
In commissioning a new kitchen for a barn conversion project, Lynn Hutchinson-Jones put quality materials and down-to-earth practicality at the top of her wish list. The new kitchen in the Grade II Listed barn is a a freestanding, unfitted kitchen that looks like it has always been there.
Kate and Chris Allen have transformed their boxed-in Victorian kitchen – it’s now a light-filled space all the family can enjoy complete with two seperate seating areas and garden access that allows natural light to flood in.
If your kitchen sink area requires maintenance, Helaine Clare recommends using a selection of natural household solutions to spruce it up. Floow this step-by-step guide to restore your period kitchen.
Period buildings expert Marianne Suhr follows the progress of an extension project to assesses how successfully a cottage kitchen has been reinvented to suit contemporary family life.
Whether you are extending your kitchen or just replacing some of the units, works will almost certainly be extremely disruptive. But you can mitigate the inconvenience with a bit of careful planning and management. Marianne Suhr offers her advice on kitchen renovations.
Sue and Steve Williams spent a long time planning their dream kitchen and have created a light, bright room with a striking colour palette that includes wooden units and a central island painted pale pink.
As part of the Sourced Locally series, Period Living talks to Charlotte Hill-Baldwin, sales director of John Lewis of Hungerford, who hand make painted kitchens in classic styles.
With a clear vision in mind, Natalie and David Riley have created a light, spacious kitchen with a relaxation area that brings their family together. Pale quartz worktops and a limestone floor to help maximise light, while accents of colour prevent the kitchen from looking washed out.
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