What do you see after white and gray kitchens fade?
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Comments (24)moutaineergirl - As you said, your meakin creamer is pre-1897. The other two pieces may be even older if they are English and unmarked, or it's possible that they're American. American ironstone wasn't readily embraced by Americans right away and English was preferred. American potters either left their pieces unmarked, or used marks that looked very much like English marks - basically in an effort to fool people. Eventually, American ironstone came into its own and the marks became more unique. My favorite American mark is a Homer Laughlin (Ohio) image of the American Eagle attacking the British lion. ;o) Your matching pair appear to be in really good condition, but when I clicked on the images to try to see them larger, it wouldn't let me into photobucket. I couldn't make out what pattern they might be. arlosmom - I love the way you've used your pieces, and I love brown transferware too! coll4 - I'm drooling over that giant bowl and the huge pitcher on the right of your lighted cabinet. Wow!...See MoreDo you see black or white?
Comments (14)Thank you EVERYONE for your input....and a great BIG THANK YOU to ROOBEAR! The visual definitely helped. Black it is without a doubt. :-)...See MoreDo you want to redo every kitchen you see?
Comments (32)For me the worst part of seeing all those new, poorly planned kitchens is when you hear afterwards that they ripped the whole thing out. What a waste! A few years ago a house was for sale for an absurd amount and it was a spec home built by a builder who clearly had no idea about the tastes and the styles of people in this area. The house sat on the market for a long time (by our RE standards), and it was on one of the best streets in town. When it was sold, at a HUGE discount from the original listing price, I found out that the owners ripped out the kitchen and all of the bathrooms--brand spanking new! Admittedly, I too would have done the same. The kitchen was poorly designed and the choices that they made were not pretty (peach marble for the bathrooms). It was awful that all that material went to waste. I love to troll the RE listings and think about how I would change things! I think it's one of the perks of being a GW "student"....we've learned so much from eachother :) I am currently in a crazy rental with black lacquered counters (yes wood that has been black lacquered!), and I always wonder what the original owners were thinking!!!...See MoreTo All the Designers That Think the White Kitchen is Fading
Comments (65)@Helen, I find Houzz interesting for that too - a lot of people who remodel functional and still quite new kitchens because they are “dated”. I do think there is a population on Houzz that is more well off and thinks nothing of getting “just what I want” with costs a small or non-factor in that consideration, but I think a lot of people are of more average means who want what is “desirable” and there is some “keeping up with the Joneses” at play there, a race that only leads to losing all around of course. I think part of this is the new world of how our “world” is unlimited by borders or “who we know personally”. With the internet, HGTV, expectations of what is normal changed. When I grew up no one really remodeled functional kitchens and baths. If one did they were the talk of the group for months! Everyone wondered what they were doing and how they could afford it (lol) but no one else was rushing out to do the same. Now it seems almost expected if someone moves into a new house - even a starter home - they will remodel it as the 1990 kitchen is “so dated” according to HGTV and the like. Without maybe knowing the couple on HGTV remodeled a house they bought for $250,000 in 1990 and is now worth $4,000,000 because of a HCOL boom and it makes more sense to stay then move and they aren’t worried about “recouping” cost of a $100,000 remodel kitchen at resale. Of course I also did not grow up with people moving and such as much as they seem to now where they can “chase trends” a bit easier. The “starter” home is a bit strange to me (though I had one too though more by relationship changes and moving across country than choice) as growing up most I know bought one house and lived in it for several decades. Maybe until they went out feet first. They made the house work for them - it adapted and they adapted and they lived on. They did not buy a starter home, than a new home when they got pregnant, then another when their kids got bigger, then another when kids moved out, then another when grandkids started coming home, and so on. Not it seems more common for people to move every 3-10 years (not for me when I have choice, I hate moving and it’s expensive!). Usually they “upgrade” as they go too, even many “downsizes” are just upgrades in disguise. I have a plain jane non-descript new build production home and went white with my kitchen, but I have had several white kitchens and knew I wanted white again before I ever looked at what was “currently in”. It was not for trend, or avoiding being dated, or anything else. I am unlikely to ever change my kitchen as long as I live in the house (unless it literally falls apart) since I picked all things I like even if they may not appeal to others. It’s not fancy, and there are no to the ceiling cabinets but that is what I wanted as I am not “fancy”. For me a kitchen is more a necessity to have “something” as I don’t cook a lot and when I do it is low prep sort of stuff. I don’t need a “working kitchen” or one to display my dishes or store seasonal serving ware. So yeah, my simple look kitchen won’t be getting oohs and aahs, but for me the simplicity is the appeal of it (and longevity of it). I do see what is meant by some houses being pretty versatile though. My parents remodeled a 1991 honey oak kitchen in around 2010 but went IKEA with glossy slabs. It actually still fit the house as there was really no “defining” architectural detail except more of that honey oak (trim etc). There is a challenge in remodeling very old houses with new kitchens though. In a lot of very old houses, at least where I am, the old kitchens were small (not suited for today’s larger appliances or the use today of kitchens as a “hub” and entertaining space). I see in many of the older houses here, those of 100+ years, how challenged homeowners are if they want to update their kitchens. Even if they keep materials similar to say wood trim of rest of home, something has to budge with newer appliances, newer cabinetry making methods, and so on so it will likely always look somewhat of of place. And a “modern white” kitchen would likely look really out of place and definitely not be keeping with the “bones”. @palimpest I think strict modernism is very much a niche that is unlikely to ever be very mainstream, just my thoughts but I think many see it as cold. I know two people who it suits very well in its stricter form, but most I know who like modern prefer a “softer” modern....See MoreRelated Professionals
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