In the hundred's of homes that I have been in over the last ten years, the obvious giveaway on the age of the home is always the kitchen, and usually it's the colour of the wood cabinets that defines it even faster.
If I walk into a kitchen that has dark brown cabinets, I know it was installed in the last 10 years. If it's an orangy, ginger coloured, shaker style cabinet, I know that it was installed in the late 90's early 2000, if the cabinets are oak (keep reading), well you get the picture!
The most beautiful kitchen renovation in a 1905 home that I have ever seen was designed by Susan Dossetter and Andrew Skurman and featured in House Beautiful magazine. If you have a house circa 1905, this is the kitchen that should be in it!
The antique oak cabinet, originally made for a French store, is perfect for a collector. Susan Dossetter found the reproduction Windsor chairs in Nantucket and had the table made to work with the chairs and the cabinet. The floor is hand-rubbed wide-plank red oak.
Love the combination of glass knobs, chrome faucets and pulls. See this post for more advice on hardware.
The countertop is made of two 3/4 inch slabs of Calacatta Oro marble glued together, for extra thickness, then topped with a third layer in the back.
Are you installing Carrara? Better read this post to get the right white.
The vintage French towel racks, which Susan Dossetter added to the antique baker's table, are hung with vintage towels that she has collected over the years. The baker's table came with a new sycamore top. Vintage and new cake plates hold treats for the children.
Archive beveled tile provides a clean backdrop for the La Cornue Chateau range, made to order in burnished stainless steel and brass. The floor surrounding the range is covered with hexagon tiles.
The cast-plaster motif on the ceiling is from Decorator's Supply. The hood over the range was part of the original kitchen. Quilted steel insulation panels, covering the Sub-Zero refrigerator, should be available at any sheet metal shop. The antique butcher block by the island is on casters, so it can go anywhere it's needed. Pot racks from Williams-Sonoma were powder-coated in white.
80's Oak Kitchen Cabinets
Here is a photo of a typical oak kitchen mostly installed in this era of kitchens.
When I am standing in a kitchen that looks very much like this one, and I recommend that this kitchen be painted white or creamas soon as the words out of my mouththe wife's face lights up and the husband looks horrified at the prospect of painting THE WOOD!
I'm not sure why most men have this reaction (okay I've figured it out, and here's the postwritten after this one) but it's pretty common.
Men usually come around once they understand that it's not about the wood, it's about the fact that it's dated. And to be clear, I don't advocate painting ALL WOOD, just kitchens in this era.
So for those of you with this kitchen, reading this right now, there's really just one thing you need to know: This kitchen IS NEVER COMING BACK. So the only way to extend the life of it is to prime it, paint it, and install new hardware. Period, end of conversation.
Here's a 'before' picture of a kitchen I did for a client in West Vancouver with another designer, Jan Romanuk. This client moved in with the cabinets already painted but you could still see the grain of the wood through the paint colour. They also wanted the cabinets above the peninsula removed, new lighting, flooring, colours, etc:
Here's the after photo with 3 more coats of:
Dulux Ivory Fresco, 30YY 81/123 or OC-92 or Cloverdale 7980 with all the updates.
This following image is from 'Maine Home & Design Magazine' and is a good copy of the movie kitchen:
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