trends gallery: Kitchen Oh Kitchen Where Art Thou?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Kitchen Oh Kitchen Where Art Thou?

Martha Stewart - Maidstone Purestyle (Fortune Cookie)

While I've been looking for kitchen ideas (we're still not there yet), I often think of the space looking in as a visitor. You know how some people's homes have that feel where you really are comfortable and you don't feel like leaving? I want that feeling for our kitchen; where friends will drop by for coffee and love coming back again and again. I've been saving clippings of things I like for the past year now, and what I've been noticing is my tastes are starting to change from a more modern look to a more industrial/country feel. Is it you dear internets having that effect on me?

Yesterday I dropped by Home Depot to pick up some paint and happened by the new Martha Stewart Kitchen collection. And as much as I thought I was more of a modern kitchen person I was really impressed with the quality and styles of some of her more country-themed cabinetry. I loved the chunkiness of the open shelving (did I just say I liked chunky)? As well as the bases and the darker hardware (as seen in their Maidstone photo above). I'm thinking maybe mixed with a more industrial setting (like cement floors, darker walls and less of a matchy matchy look - by changing the colours - that is upper shelving vs bottom or island vs main cabinets), these styles could work with what I had in mind. The price point ($192CAD - $215/linear ft ) is much higher than we were thinking , so maybe I'll only be able to buy the shelving and hardware for now, or even mix it with something lower, but her collection nonetheless really got me thinking. What do you think? Please feel free to leave some links to favourite kitchens you like. I'd love to see or hear about what you like. xo Jan

P.S. Speaking of kitchens, and totally different: I loved loved the darker (black tiles and black cabinetry) at the IKEA's booth at IDS11 last month. Did you see? Here's a link to their facebook page - and I'll leave an image at the very bottom of this post. Maybe I could mix the two? (That is, IKEA lower cabinets, Martha Stewart upper shelves and hardware)? Would it work?