There’s No Such Issues As Timeless Kitchen Design

I like to flip by means of outdated magazines to revisit outdated traits. I nonetheless discover myself being impressed by issues I see in these outdated magazines. However one among them actually caught my eye. Since we’re going to be doing a kitchen addition within the close to future, this particular version Kitchen & Bathtub 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This journal was from 2007, so it’s seventeen years outdated.

In all probability probably the most fascinating factor about it’s that it price $4.99.

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

However this one price $14.99. How miserable.

However anyway, again to the 2007 publication. What actually struck me was all the darkish cupboards. Nearly 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.

Actually, 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 through the time I had my inside adorning enterprise, and I keep in mind these traits. Everybody wished darkish stained cupboards with a travertine backsplash, they usually wished their properties adorned to seem 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 up to date look, it was nonetheless darkish.

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

No less than 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 like a earlier than image at the moment.

I used to be additionally shocked 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 identical. And right here’s one other one under.

I keep in mind this look all too nicely. Though the cupboards are a light-weight coloration, the room has a heaviness to it.

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

This one was most likely the closest I discovered to having the ability to cross as a timeless design, though I feel a brand new coat of white paint would go a great distance on this kitchen.

This one is only a no from me.

I feel this one most likely regarded up to date in 2007, however not at the moment.

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

This one might nonetheless be good at the moment with a just some updates, just like the ceiling. And I’d additionally take away these heavy corbels. I keep in mind these being so in style 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 cross as “timeless design” to you? I personally don’t suppose there’s any such factor.