My husband is currently in the process of looking for a new apartment and he knows that a nice kitchen is definitely one of my prerequisites. I like spending time in the kitchen (well, not all the time of course, and not on such mundane tasks as washing the dishes) – experimenting with a new dinner recipe, baking a cake with a tantalizing aroma on a rainy day, growing potted herbs on the windowsill.
I think every country looks at kitchens in a different way. In Poland kitchens are important because a lot of people still cooks home-made meals and because they’re associated with family warmth. In the Netherlands kitchen interior design is a national passtime of sorts and those who can afford it remodel their kitchen every 2-3 years, even thoug they do not use it that much – there’s plenty of ready meals available. In UK and Ireland the most modern apartment buildings are currently built with no kitchen at all – only a tea/coffee corner and a microwave – the trend is towards eating-out or eating ready-made meals only. Can you imagine that?
Browse the photos below for inspiration – they might be on the fancy side, but they sure are a pleasure to watch. The photos come from the galleries at http://www.housebeautiful.com and you can find more of them there.