There’s No Such Things As Timeless Kitchen Design

I like to flip by outdated magazines to revisit outdated traits. I nonetheless discover myself being impressed by issues I see in these outdated magazines. However certainly one of them actually caught my eye. Since we’re going to be doing a kitchen addition within the close to future, this particular version Kitchen & Tub publication was particularly fascinating to me. I used to be so curious to see if any of those kitchens would nonetheless look “present” at the moment.

This journal was from 2007, so it’s seventeen years outdated.

Most likely essentially the most fascinating factor about it’s that it value $4.99.

I purchased an identical journal simply final week. It’s has about the identical variety of pages, identical variety of options.

However this one value $14.99. How miserable.

However anyway, again to the 2007 publication. What actually struck me was all the darkish cupboards. Virtually each advert in the entire journal featured darkish stained wooden cupboards. And I used to be by no means a fan of these tiny sq. mosaic tile backsplashes even again in 2007.

However the adverts that includes darkish stained wooden cupboards had been quite a few.

In actual fact, in the entire journal, I don’t suppose I noticed an advert that had something apart from darkish stained wooden cupboards. And the travertine. My goodness, a lot travertine!

This was in the course of the time I had my inside adorning enterprise, and I keep in mind these traits. Everybody wished darkish stained cupboards with a travertine backsplash, and so they wished their properties adorned to appear like a web page out of a Pottery Barn catalog.

All I wished to do was adorn with coloration, and but, I used to be caught on this by no means ending darkish wooden, travertine, Pottery Barn hell with a facet of “Texas Tuscan”. I couldn’t escape it.

I imply, these adverts with the darkish wooden cupboards simply appeared never-ending! Each advert!

And even once they tried one thing totally different, like this extra modern look, it was nonetheless darkish.

Then I obtained to the options. That is the kitchen from the duvet.

A minimum of it’s white and shiny. It’s undoubtedly the closest to “timeless” that there’s in the entire journal.

Right here’s one other earlier than and after function. I imply, you possibly can inform me what you suppose. Is that this timeless? I don’t suppose it’s. The after image seems to be like a earlier than image at the moment.

I used to be additionally stunned to see simply what number of black and white kitchens there have been on this one publication. The one from the duvet is white cupboards with a black countertop. The one above is similar. And right here’s one other one under.

I keep in mind this look all too nicely. Although the cupboards are a lightweight coloration, the room has a heaviness to it.

Even this kitchen that’s a lot whiter and brighter has a heaviness to it. I believe kitchens again then had been a bit overdone. Issues appear lighter, brighter, and less complicated at the moment.

This one was most likely the closest I discovered to with the ability to move as a timeless design, though I believe a brand new coat of white paint would go a good distance on this kitchen.

This one is only a no from me.

I believe this one most likely regarded modern in 2007, however not at the moment.

And I don’t even keep in mind this being standard again in 2007.

This one might nonetheless be good at the moment with a only a few updates, just like the ceiling. And I’d additionally take away these heavy corbels. I keep in mind these being so standard again then, however I simply don’t see them getting used anymore.

So you possibly can inform me what you suppose. Do any of those move as “timeless design” to you? I personally don’t suppose there’s any such factor.