What do you see after white and gray kitchens fade?
deegw
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Johnny Grey Kitchens! What do you think?
Comments (13)Anna_chosak - "He is responsible for the unfitted kitchen look since he designed the first one for Smallbone of Devizes years ago." I'm not surprised, I love the look of unfitted kitchens (dh wouldn't let me have one, sigh) and I also really like Smallbone of Devizes, they showcase on their website a round walnut island I am considering emulating in my kitchen. However, I'm leaning back towards a rounded triangular island now that I've seen a few of Johnny Grey's. "I love ... the fact that his kitchens look so different from anything else that's out there." "eminently welcoming" EXACTLY. That is exactly what I like most about the kitchens, they are so different and so welcoming - they are not the kitchens I'm seeing in the kitchen and home magazines I'm buying, and that is refreshing and exciting. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the beauties showcased in these magazines, but the individuality and uniqueness interests me more perhaps? I could easily stand daily life in that colourful Bath kitchen with the triangular island. But I agree, some of the kitchens I would not be comfortable in and there were elements in a few I don't actually like, but as Anna said, I think they were clearly designed for a particular lifestyle/person and no doubt suit that lifestyle well. breezygirl - you're right, a few of the pictures don't appear to be the most functional layout. But there may have been circumstances or client demands/needs that we can't be aware of. Could some of them be 'sets' I wonder, designed for looks and not function? And it looks like the US kitchens generally have more expansive spans of counter, a North American cultural preference perhaps? I guess I really am officially TKO now, I'm going to try to find his books tomorrow, I'm intrigued enough to want to read and learn more from this man! Thanks everyone for the thoughtful comments and observations. This is such fun....See MoreDo you see what I see?
Comments (46)LOL, magnaverde! I hope this isn't too far OT, but I have another, more mundane, color/taste observation. Every year I make gallons of that middle-class holiday staple, cranberry Jello salad. My recipe, from a church cookbook, states "any flavor red gelatin." I prefer to use the red raspberry flavor, but I think almost all artificial 'fruity' flavors taste alike. Following are some ingredient lists for (basically) the same salad, found on the internet, on different sites: 1 (6 oz.) pkg. raspberry gelatin 1 c. boiling water 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained, save juice 1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice 1 (14 oz.) jar cranberry-orange relish 1 c. diced apples 1/2 c. broken pecans 1/4 c. celery, chopped 1 lb fresh cranberries crushed or minced 2 packages black cherry Jello 1 medium orange peeled and seeded (all white must be removed) 1 cup pecans or walnuts crushed 1 cup sugar 2 sm. strawberry Jello 1 Ocean Spray cran fruit (12 oz.) 1/2 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple 12-16 red grapes 1/4 c. chopped nuts 2 c. boiling water 1/2 c. cold water 1 lg. pkg. orange Jello 2 c. hot water 10 c. cold water 1 jar orange cranberry relish 1/2 c. chopped celery 1/2 c. chopped walnuts I was surprised to find this one, too: 1 (3 oz.) pkg. lemon Jello 1 2/3 c. water 1/2 c. celery, chopped or diced 1/2 c. nut meats 1 c. ground cranberries 1/2 c. ground orange 2/3 c. sugar Or 1 c. cranberry orange relish may be used I'd be willing to wager that very few people, least of all myself, could tell what 'flavor' of gelatin was used in the final product....See MoreDo you mentally re-do every kitchen you see?
Comments (30)I'm SO glad it's not just me! Of course I would never say anything out loud - well, okay I did hint to MIL that changing the colors a bit might liven up her space when she mentioned wanting to add cabinets - but I can't help noticing and planning other people's kitchens. Now, I'm not so bad when it's simply a kitchen that's not to my taste - I'm talking about builder-grade kitchens, or those that have solid construction but nobody ever bothered to think about color schemes or efficiency. Writersblock, that is so funny about your pulmonogist's office floor tile. I get the same urges when I come across design elements I love at unexpected places, like holligator I have not been above taking discreet pictures! The problem is that the ones I see most often are the ones that especially make me want to scream, and of course the owners - not having the benefit of reading this forum - are blissfully unaware. One has the range right up between an open doorway - no frame, no counter - and the other side is the 2' depth of counter space running along the wall at a right angle. There is however a beautiful open space to put in more counters and turn it into a galley kitchen, but no, everything is crammed along a single stretch. Funny enough though, my French aunts have typical teeny-tiny European kitchens where everything is diminutive and there is practically no counter space at all, and it doesn't bother me one bit! Go figure! Of course we don't all have the same needs or tastes, but when I see the UNplanned dysfunction and stubborn ugliness of the kitchens where nobody has ever questioned the original design, I have to wonder, was this really put in ON PURPOSE???...See MoreDo you like your caesarstone white attica countertops? Can I see?
Comments (4)That's great. London Grey is on our list of potentials too... very pretty!...See Moredeegw
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