Traditional & country style kitchen furniture, open shelves for dishes.

Bookshelves in the old style country kitchen, flowers and plants are indispensable.

From australian country style magazine about artists Nicola Hensel and John Turier’s weatherboard cottage. You can see the whold cottage house decor here.

3 Traditional Country Kitchens

Stainless Steel Industrial Kitchen Creative Design With Decorative Complex

Traditional French Farmhouse-Style Kitchen Ideas

Ikea White Kitchen Cabinets And Wonderful Collection Of Vintage Kitchen Things

Old style “barn doors” look black kitchen cabinets, oh, there is something very attractive about old-fashioned barns now, they are stately and picturesque, evoking the warmth of older days.

Old French farmhouses and country style kitchen, copper cookware. (

Aged Copper Kitchenware For French Country Style Kitchen

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Rustic old wood dining table. above photos credit: French magazine Art & Décoration

Color schemes tips for french country style decor:

The look of French country style decor is spontaneous, appealing and without fuss. The charm rests in the rustic nature of the accessories and furniture and the simple, sunny merging of colors. The colors chiefly connected with French country style decor are sunny yellow, gold, soft green, red, rust and smatterings of lavender, blue and pink. Build a cheerful and sparkling environment with the mingling and coordinating of colors and fabric designs that might even be considered confusing in other interior decors. (Tips via ehow.)

Natural Style Eco-friendly Design Kitchen

Small Rustic Kitchen and Dining with Flagstones

Farmhouse Kitchen With Slate Tiles and Stainless Appliances. View of Farmhouse  Kitchen. Brick stove backing. Farm house sink. Slate Tile Floor. Beam ceiling and wooden hood.

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A traditional turn of the century French farmhouse-style kitchen. The natural building materials such as wood, plaster, terra cotta tiles and wrought iron give rise to the true feeling of a French farmhouse-style kitchen. Notice the use of copper cookware, as well as the wrought iron hangers for the pots, pans and utensils. French Bistro Theme Black Kitchen Design

This French farmhouse-style kitchen image reveals the skylight ceiling that offers an abundance of natural light, and also reveals the large kitchen table used for entertaining lots of family and friends.

This modern style French country kitchen has all of the attributes of an old world French kitchen. Ample storage space abounds, almost all usable areas are utilized. Notice the weathered and rustic wooden cabinets and earthy granite countertop. Multiple streams of natural lighting are allowed to illuminate the congested area, post and beam forms the construction, wrought iron is used for the chandelier and cupboard handles, and a Roman blind provides window coverage.

Antiqued cabinets will give your kitchen a warm lived in look as well as make the room feel more relaxed and comfortable. There are 2 basic methods you can use to antique your kitchen cabinets – staining and distressing. You can use them alone, or combine them for some old world charm in your kitchen.

This is a  16 x 14-foot kitchen, which turns out to be at Maus Park, a stately historic home near Toronto, built from local Canadian stone in the 1850s and now owned by Canadian antique dealer Douglas Stocks. The tin kitchenceiling is original to the house although the island was remade to echo the original wainscoting. A Pottery Barn pot rack hangs over the island which also has a stainless steel farm sink. Installing a plate rack (between the doors) while preserving the natural stone wall in back is a perfect touch here.

In the pantry, a butler’s tray holds a coffee pot, cups and other table accessories. (via: Country Living, atticmag.com)

Ideas for antique kitchen cabinets:

Give Your Cabinets Antique Look

Staining
One of the most popular methods of imparting an antique look to kitchen cabinets comprises of staining. For the purpose, you will need a dark stain, a brush or sponge and lots of paper towels. First of all, you will have to clean your cabinet thoroughly, making sure that there is no dust clinging on to it. Now, with the help of the brush/sponge, apply a light layer of the stain on one section of the cabinet. Before the stain gets dry, start wiping it off with the paper towel, till you achieve the desired level of ‘antiqueness’. Repeat the process on the other areas of the cabinet as well, especially around the edges and handles.

Distressing
Another popular method of antiquing cabinets is known as distressing. This method works only on painted cabinets. In distressing, a cabinet is made to look as worn down as it would a hundred years thence. You will need a little bit of sandpaper for the purpose. Start sanding off the finish in those areas of the cabinet that are likely to get worn down with use, say the edges and handles, till the time you get to see just a thin layer of the wood underneath. For an overall worn down look, you can sand the middle of the cabinets as well.

Other Methods
There are two more methods that you can use to give an antique look to your kitchen cabinets, namely crackle painting and faux painting. The first one involves two types of paint, while the second one involves just one. However, both these methods are better left to a professional.

Antique White Country Kitchen

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Aged Copper Kitchenware For French Country Style Kitchen

The kitchen cabinets were done in a crackle finish to give this kitchen a French bistro look. The black sink stands out against the lightly-colored countertops.

The cabinets in this kitchen have a crackle finish, giving it a French bistro look. The table is a French door that pulls out to seat as many as six. The hutch, found at a furniture outlet store, was broken but backed with the same fabric as the valances, which pulled the entire look together.

The TV sits in an upper cabinet so the family can enjoy watching the news in the morning without it taking up counter space.

The wall entering the kitchen is a hand painted cartoon waiter pointing to the dining room that guests can sign as they leave. The tabletop is a French door that pulls out to seat up to six people. (via: www.hgtv.com)

Rustic Kitchen Color Schemes

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Rustic kitchens are often beautifully coloured – we suggest pale blues, greens and reds. Try different colors on walls and fittings and, most enjoyably, you don’t have to be too neat with your painting! Rustic kitchens look great with a few paint drops here and there, a combination of weak and strong brush strokes and wispy, wavy lines – this is what gives them their great charm and character. (via: handles4doors.co.uk)

A beautiful blend of wood counters, modern furniture, cream-coloured cabinets and hardwood. (via: houseandhome.com)

Mix traditional wooden furniture with retro accessories for …

An Very Old Kitchen Build In 1904

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An very old kitchen completed in 1904, , In 1953 Violet took the doors off the upper kitchen cabinets leaving the contents open to view.

Kitchen Color Ideas – Purple Kitchen Cabinets
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Given the predominance of white and gray kitchens at the moment, finding one with eccentric purple base cabinets as part of a very sophisticated scheme including drab vanilla walls and gray-violet accents has a vibrant and youthful originality. It reminds me of a kitchen in a European country cottage, albeit one updated modestly …

An very old kitchen completed in 1904, , In 1953 Violet took the doors off the upper kitchen cabinets leaving the contents open to view.

Kitchen Color Ideas – Purple Kitchen Cabinets

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Given the predominance of white and gray kitchens at the moment, finding one with eccentric purple base cabinets as part of a very sophisticated scheme including drab vanilla walls and gray-violet accents has a vibrant and youthful originality. It reminds me of a kitchen in a European country cottage, albeit one updated modestly to include stone counters, with a nice piece left over for a matching table top. While it may lack in cabinetry detail, tile or whizzy appliances, it has plenty of zip and charm and we love the …

A Small Kitchen Design With Unique Style (A 1950s kitchen)

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Kitchen designer Cyndy Cantley created just such an environment from a three-room kitchen built in the ’50s that was hopelessly inadequate for her clients, John and Laura Lee Samford.

Natural materials, sleek stainless steel appliances, and a monochromatic palette lend an air of serenity and classic simplicity. The travertine floors link the kitchen stylistically to the rest of the house. The countertops and sink backsplash are composed of Calcutta gold marble, while stainless steel work surfaces embrace the range.
Years from now, the Samford’s kitchen will still be a classic. It is simple …

Wonderful Examples of 40s Postwar Kitchens！1946 American Gas Assn.

1945 American Gas Assn Breakfast Booth Kitchen

Each of the kitchen designs by the American Gas Association were named. Kinda cute. It was part of their “New Freedom Gas Kitchen” campaign. This ad appeared in Ladies Home Journal and American Home.

1946 American Gas Assn – Garden Kitchen

This ad for natural gas appliances was published in Ladies Home Journal by the American Gas Association.

1946 American Gas Assn – Buffet Kitchen

Found in Ladies Home Journal. This color scheme is a bit more muted than many of the happy red, green, yellow combos with knotty pine and calico.

1946 American Gas Assn – Alcove Kitchen

Red and white gingham kitchen. Found in Ladies Home Journal. Personally, I like the flip down counter by the stool.

1946 American Gas Assn – Kitchen Laundry Combo

I found several of these ads in the 1946 Ladies Home Journals submitted by the American Gas Association.

All photos and articles are from American Vintage Home! More……..

A Real Farmhouse Kitchen

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What a romantic kitchen,  Sweet feeling! This is a painting of a farmhouse kitchen.
Canning Day, a painting of a farm kitchen of the 1930’s displays the harvest of the day on the kitchen table. A canning steamer cooks on the stove and mason jars can be seen on the sink. Outside in the kitchen garden, sunflowers are in full bloom from Janet Kruskamp’s Interior and Exterior Scenes Paintings Gallery of Original Oil Paintings and  Personally Enhanced Giclees, signed by Janet Kruskamp

Building A Farmhouse Style Kitchen
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Hot Trends In kitchen Cabinets styles

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Hot Trends In kitchen Cabinets styles: 5 Kitchen cabinets design Style Trends
1. Country Style Kitchen- Often called Early American or Colonial as it is designed to create a lovely quaint farm style kitchen. Often such kitchens will feature open shelves, pot racks and have the feeling of it being well lived in. Such kitchens are usually accented by the various colour schemes relating to the actual cabinetry of the units.

Choose A Style Of Kitchen With The Type Of Style For Your Life
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When you …

Kitchens Design By Frank Lloyd Wright

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The metal cabinets were all the rage in the late 1930’s and these are original to the house. The kitchen is very small but efficient.
It is a hard work to find a kitchen design by Frank Lloyd Wright

Pictures Of Farmhouse kitchen

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The rustic kitchen is my favorite style, like these real old farmhouse kitchens.
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Building A Farmhouse Style Kitchen
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A farmhouse style kitchen with “older” looking will make you get a sense of history and original nature, it also can give you romantic feelings.
To fix up your kitchen, farmhouse style kitchen cabinets are …

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