I liked the original Bewitched kitchen (with the Frigidaire Flair or the Tappan similar range). More sophisticated than the later versions. Actually their whole house was sophisticated at first. (There was a fire on the set at some point). I liked the kitchen on Hazel with the window seat banquette.

That is an amazing kitchen. Not so fond of Hannibal Lecter's space.

I have been influenced by so many things - magazines, HGTV, my siblings' kitchens, current trends (the island - the accursed island). The truth is the kitchens I like best have one thing in common: they look like they belong in the homes they are found in. A great layout is a tremendous thing, of course, but after considering many options for layouts of my own kitchen, I realized that it is absolutely large enough as it is, and it doesn't need an island.

When it is done, I hope it looks just like it was built for my home, a 1960's center hall colonial, with a highly functional layout and pretty, updated finishes. It will resemble neither kitchen above :-)

Not really kitchens, but some movies are very cinematographic so to say..more than others..I tend to remember the colors and palettes forever after. Whether I use them later or not.

But for example just one small scene from "Sleepy Hollow" did push me to try more of whites, blacks, and pale pinks throughout the house.

And "Girl with a Pearl Earring" showed me how cool different browns and creams and grays and whites can be together. So rather than thinking I should stick with either this or that I understood I can use them all to my advantage.

Now, when I watch movie, I do pay much more attention to kitchens as kitchens..but that's a recent thing, heavy influence from this very forum:)

My own kitchen was almost completed when I found GW.

But yes..you can't go back..even if the show is not the best show in the world, sometimes the house featured makes it more interesting for you to watch.

That's how I got myself through the third season of "How to get away with murder"-I suddenly realized that the house is Craftsman..:)

Or in "Rectify"(which is of course much better show than "How to get away with murder"..)..I payed very close attention on what kitchen the family put together for the mother. And it's like they read this forum very attentively lol.

I wasn't like that before.

"The truth is the kitchens I like best have one thing in common: they look like they belong in the homes they are found in. "-so very true.

And the best homes look like they belong where they stand.

The very best look like they were born there, out of the elements. Came out as Venus from the sea..

Hmm, the only thing that springs to mind as an influence, and I would say it was a strong one, was visiting the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, KY when I was a child -- can't remember how old, maybe 10 or 11.

I was struck by the brightness from big windows, airy, simple architecture and spare furnishings. I felt good in that space, and I never forgot it.

Fava beans, of course!

I liked the kitchen on Benson. I loved the big wooden table in the middle and the black and white checkered floor. I doubt many people remember that show- but it's the only kitchen filed in my mind under "things I would like" (which I don't have in any way- no table in the middle of kitchen and no checkerboard floor.)

I might cook in his kitchen, but I wouldn't open the freezer...

The real question, of course, is whether any of us would eat in that kitchen. Nope. But I might be tempted to drink the chianti.