Art of the Kitchen

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I love these collections of ordinary everyday kitchen things used as artwork - when gathered together they look wonderful.

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Image 1 - here Image 2 - Gilles de Chabane Image 3 - Country Style Magazine Images 4 & 6 -Homes & Gardens Magazine Image 5 - Amanda McLauchlan

Love .... Afternoon Tea

Image 1 - Polly Wreford Image 2 - John Paul Urizar Image 3 - Emma Mitchell Image 4 - Jacob Termansen Image 5 - Paul Joseph Hopper Image 6 - Narratives Photo Agency

It's All Black and White

I'm in love with black and white rooms - they always look so elegant and sophisticated. It's such a fresh and clean look and is a perfect combination. Black by itself is striking but combined with white, wonderful!

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Image 1 - Domino Magazine Image 2 - Country Living Magazine Images 3 & 5 - Decorpad Image 4 - Unknown Images 6 & 7 - Better Homes and Gardens Magazine

Love .... Arthur Elgort

Images - Arthur Elgort

The Old Presbytery

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This old presbytery and garden, built in1765, has been beautifully restored and is full of the things that I love best - stone and wooden floors, marble fireplaces, neutral colour scheme, beautiful linen covered couches and chairs, a wonderful mix of antique and modern furniture .... it's about as close to perfect as you can get.

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Images - Classical Living (Beta-Plus Publishing)

Love .... Lavender

Image 1 - Mark Roper Images 2, 3 & 5 - Flickr Image 4 - Polly Eltes

Perfectly White

White has to be the most wonderful colour - it really is the ultimate neutral! These rooms are warm and welcoming and have a gorgeous range of textures - wooden floors, soft and inviting linens, beautifully painted furniture, distressed timber .... nothing drab here!

Images 1 & 7 - Eric Roth Image 2 - Joanna Henderson Image 3 - David Duncan Livingston Image 4 - here Image 5 - Beach Studios Image 6 - here

Love .... Venetian Glass Mirrors

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Image 1 - Adam Butler Image 2 - Mark Seelen Image 3 - Loftlife Magazine Image 4 - Classical Living (Beta-Plus Publishing) Image 5 - Tristan Auer

Table Talk

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then the table has to be the heart of the kitchen. I love long tables where you can gather lots of friends and family for wonderful lunches and dinners. What a choice of tables there is - plain refectory tables, scrubbed pine, new and sleek, old and battered .... dress them up with matched or mismatched antique chairs, modern brushed aluminium, iron garden chairs for a lovely country feel or long benches. That's just a few of the wonderful choices you can make!

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Image 1 - Bruce Hemming Image 2 - Joseph de Leo Image 3 - Interior Design Files (Caroline Clifton-Mogg) Image 4 - Erik Johnson Image 5 - Tony Sheffield Image 6 - Karl Juengel Image 7 - Philip Galanes Design