Design Hole: Trends: Colorful Kitchens

Jennifer at Design Hole blogs about the beautifully hued appliances on the market today and asks if the reader would spring for such strongly colored statements in their own kitchens?

I think that there will always be a market for the unique and unusual in the high-end kitchens of the rich and famous.

Of course, for the rich and famous to re-redo their kitchens, when they tire of their flame-colored Lacanche Ranges, it is a small thing.





























For the rest of us though, I think we will stick with our white, black and stainless, and matching cabinet panels.

Those of us who started in the business of kitchen design when homeowners were replacing the turquoise and pink GE kitchens of the 50's and 60's, remember how glad they were to swap them out for something more "homey" and comfortable...something that makes you glad to come home and relax.

Our color preferences are coming from the young these days. That's good. But the young don't stay young, and their preferences change from bold to sedate when they realize that home is about the people in the home, and not about their surroundings screaming at them.

Again, I reiterate that focal point appliances are great. I LOVE them. They just need to be in context with the focal points created by your designer. Otherwise your eyes will google out of your head every time you enter your kitchen ;>D

Peggy