This is a great detail and does two other things – makes the floor look bigger as it “bends” it up the walls and makes the kitchen look bigger as the island and units now appear to float over the floor. Note too, how the floor checks run up the sides of the cupboards and island instead of traditional kickboards. This is a beautiful kitchen but it can also be a jumping off point for your own design. And if you don’t fancy a tiled/grouted top you can always add traditional worktop round the hob. What a great way to use tiles if, and it’s a fairly chunky if, you don’t need your island for storage.
Behind the sink the plain off-white tiles link back to the floor and unite cupboard and wall to floor. The colours are all warm and tonal and the floor is quite busy with the contrasting tiles although they co-ordinate perfectly with the wooden cupboards. Anyway this kitchen is all about the checks. Image by Styling with kitchens and this is about using materials in unexpected ways – turns out this post does have a theme after all – it’s a sort of round up of my favourite design tips.
This is where the details matter – painting inside the cupboards, thinking about what goes behind glass doors, considering the overall look you want and working out how to get there. This has a sort of Delft look to it – you can buy reclaimed ones here while Fired Earth and Ca Pietra both have modern versions.Īs a final lightening touch the glass cabinet fronts catch the light and note how the solid wooden cabinet is pale inside so it’s easier to see what you are looking for and anyone who has tried to find a black purse in a black lined handbag will know of what I speak. You all know by now that I am a passionate advocate of adding something vintage to every room and if you want to bring in more character, and perhaps make it look as if your kitchen has been there for years, you can choose a tile that is either creamy in colour (which will be warmer and more vintage looking than a bright white) or one with an old style pattern. You can also choose a pale worktop and, if you pick one in natural stone or quartz, it will bounce the light around making the room feel even lighter and, of course, you can see the reflection in the tiles.Īnd that’s another point I wanted to make. Keep the floor and ceiling light to start with. Now this may feel like a bold move to choose a dark colour for the cabinets but that doesn’t necessarily mean the room will be dark. Most importantly, this book shows that there’s no sense in waiting for inspiration because inspiration is already waiting for you.So, starting off with a deep dark navy blue kitchen. If that’s not enough, there’s also plenty of over-intellectualized post-rationalization supported by hundreds of new images, our signature top-secret printing tricks, and thousands of Oxford commas. Presented in the honest, authentic, and often irreverent style that you’ve come to expect from House Industries, The Process is the Inspiration is a collection of helpful lessons, stories and case studies that demonstrate how you can transform obsessive curiosity into personally satisfying and successful work. With topics ranging from fonts and fashion to ceramics and space technology, this beautifully-useful volume offers a personal perspective on the origin of ideas for creative people in any field.
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