Top Tips: English style Kitchen

To help you achieve this look I’m giving you my top 21

1. Mix Cabinet Door Style & Hardware but keep it simple

2. Cabinets are more like furniture with different depth , height & stand alone pieces

3. Install open shelving to display kitchen items

4. Wholesome tableware, linen towels, wooden boards, copper pots & pans, fruit in bowls

5. Use deep colorful art to pull in that mysterious warmth. Fruit & Portraits look great!

6. Aged or unlacquered Brass tap & sprayer is a must!

7. Fresh greens or flowers , a green plant. It can be small or herbs

8. Pleated shade hanging pendants or a goose neck wall light

9. Unlacquered Brass or oxidized bronze/iron Pot Rails & switch plates

10. Antique rug or runner

11. Kitchen Island if you have the space for it

12. Wood stool or two!

13. Keep appliances inside cabinets

14. Incorporate old with new. Take a trip to your nearest antique shop or check these out

15. Honed countertop, keep that sheen out ! Use marble, stone & wood

16. Tapered Candles! These are my absolute favorite tapered candles

17. Use tin cans. You will see them everywhere in England. Display at least one or use an empty one to store tea!

18. Embrace Patina

19. Restoration glass which will be wavy antique glass often has bubbles and slightly wobbly

20. Invest in a stylish stove..such as this red one or this classic stainless steel

21. Matte Paint finish. Lustre is a no no! BTW this is MY favorite WHITE PAINT!

Delight in the Details

XOXO

-Mano at the Beach